Colo Vale: Truck driver trapped for hours after veering off Hume Motorway

Police are calling for information after a truckie’s lucky escape when his truck veered off the Hume Motorway and rolled 40m down a steep embankment in Sydney’s southwest. See the images.

Truck driver was trapped in wreckage for hours after rolling into a 40 metre ditch in Sydney's southwest. Picture: Supplied

Police are calling for information after a truckie’s lucky escape when his truck veered off the Hume Motorway and rolled 40m down a steep embankment in Sydney’s southwest.

The driver of the heavy rigid transport truck was discovered trapped at the bottom of a ditch on Tuesday morning, hours after the vehicle veered off the highway.

Emergency services received reports of a crash on the Hume Motorway near Mittagong around 7am, after a Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) vehicle noticed damage to the road barrier and trees near Church Ave, Colo Vale.

A passing RMS car noticed the damage to the road barrier and trees around 7am Tuesday. Picture: NSW Police

The truck had rolled off the Hume Highway and down 40m into a ditch near Colo Vale around 3am. Picture: NSW Police

NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Rescue and SES teams used heavy haulage equipment to stabilise the truck which had landed on its roof at the bottom of the ditch.

This enabled paramedics to assess and treat the 32-year-old driver confined in the vehicle.

Emergency teams stabilised the truck using heavy haulage equipment to allow for the driver to be assessed by paramedics. Picture: NSW RFS

After working tirelessly for two hours, their combined efforts saw the driver freed from the vehicle before he was carried back up the hill to awaiting NSW Ambulance paramedics for treatment.

Paramedics treated the man for non-life threatening injuries to his legs before transporting him to Liverpool Hospital.

Emergency services worked together to free the 32-year-old driver from the wreckage. Picture: NSW SES

Police said the truck crashed around 3am with the 32-year-old driver trapped in the wreckage for hours in the cold and dark, before being eventually sighted by the passing RMS team.

The rescue operation took two hours before the driver was extracted from the crushed truck. Picture: NSW SES

Due to the timing of the incident, heavy traffic was also reported heading northbound along the Hume Motorway near Mittagong, with roads closed for over three hours on Tuesday.

Hume District Police have commenced investigations into the incident, and have asked anyone with information or dashcam/mobile phone footage of the crash to contact Southern Highlands Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.