Truck driver dies in five vehicle crash

Emergency services were called a five vehicle crash in the Waikato yesterday. File photo.

The driver of a truck, a woman in her 60s, has died following a crash in Lichfield, Waikato.

Police were called to attend the crash at 2.15pm yesterday between three cars and two trucks at a road works site.

State Highway 1 was closed for several hours to allow a heavy haulage recovery vehicle to work at the scene.

According to the latest from the NZTA, the highway is now open.

'The name of the deceased should be released today,” says police.

'Police extend their sympathies to the victim's family and friends. Police ask that drivers in the area slow down, mind your following distances and drive to the conditions.”

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