About 8.15pm yesterday (Sunday 21 December 2014), highway patrol police were called to a heavy vehicle collision on the Hume Highway at Gundagai approximately 200m north of West Street.

Inquiries revealed the 43-year-old male driver was allegedly using his mobile phone when he lost control of the prime mover and trailer. As a result of the crash, the vehicle’s fuel tanks ruptured and HAZMAT personnel from Fire & Rescue NSW responded to the fuel spill. The driver was issued with infringement notices while defect notices were applied to the prime mover and trailer.