Police are investigating a fatal crash in the Hunter Valley this morning.
Emergency services were called to the Golden Highway, near Edderton Road north-west of Jerry’s Plains at about 11am, after a truck left the road and crashed into an embankment.
The 56-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.
A crime scene has now been established and police are looking into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
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