Truck collides with train in Canterbury

A truck has collided with a train in South Canterbury. Photo / File
A truck has collided with a train in South Canterbury. Photo / File

A train and truck have collided in South Canterbury this morning.

Emergency services were called to the crash near the intersection of State Highway 1 and Arundel Belfield Rd, north of Temuka, at 10.58am today, a southern fire communications spokeswoman said.

A police southern communications spokesman confirmed a truck and train had collided.

The truck driver was believed to have been injured in the crash, but the driver's condition was not known.