A truck driver has been taken to hospital following a crash north of Sydney early this morning.
The crash happened just after 1am (Friday 14 December 2018), when a B-double truck travelling northbound on the M1, south of the Hawkesbury River Bridge, Brooklyn, hit the dividing rock wall rapturing the fuel tank.
The truck driver, a 46-year-old man was taken to Gosford Hospital in a stable condition.
An operation is now underway to unload the truck before it can be removed.
Significant traffic delays are expected with lane three northbound of the M1 remaining closed.
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