A truck rollover on the Midland Hwy near Lima South on Monday closed the road for almost 24 hours causing major delays for other road users who were diverted via Mansfield and Euroa.
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The driver, a 43 year old Indigo man, was treated by Ambulance Victoria at the scene and transferred to Wangaratta Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Leading Senior Constable Terry Smith said that diversions were in place until Tuesday morning when the route was re-opened with a temporary speed limit - but tBenalla Highway Patrol's hat limit has now also been removed.
"At around 3.15 pm on Monday a B-Double laden with 35 tonnes of cement based fire-retardant rolled over near Lima South," Leading Snr Const Smith said.
"It was travelling in the northbound lane and for reasons yet to be determined it has drifted onto the wrong side of the road and into the railings.
"The driver has then tried to steer it back on to the road which has resulted in it tipping onto its side. It then slid down the road for about 100 meters.
"The truck came to rest and the load had spilled onto the road completely blocking both directions as a result."
Motorists that were nearby at the time and saw the accident occur stopped and assisted the driver out of the truck.
Leading Snr Const Smith said that the road was closed, with heavy haulage and hazmat responding due to health concerns regarding the nature of the road.
"The road remained closed until about 11 am this morning (Tuesday) when it was re-opened with a temporary speed limit.
"Thankfully no other cars were involved. That could have been a disaster.
"We are told here has been no negative impact to the environment. The EPA were notified and they were happy with the clean-up strategy which was overseen by CFA.
"However, there was a fair bit of damage to the road and railing so VicRoads put those reduced speed limits in place.
"They have now been lifted but we ask drivers to be mindful when travelling through that area."
