{"id":12832,"date":"2025-07-22T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12832\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:32:10","slug":"truck-driver-dies-after-crash-on-m1-motorway-at-morisset-south-of-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12832\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver dies after crash on M1 Motorway at Morisset, south of Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A truck driver has died on the M1 Motorway after a crash with another truck at Morisset, about 30 kilometres south of Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Emergency services were alerted at about 2:45pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said in a statement that a male driver died before emergency responders arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man has not been identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The driver of the second truck, a 57-year-old man, was uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The incident occurred in the southbound lanes of the motorway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">All southbound lanes are closed to traffic and Lake Macquarie Police have cordoned off the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Transport Management Centre spokeswoman Bronwyn Martin told <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/newcastle-drive\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC Newcastle Drive<\/a> that the southbound lanes would be closed for a considerable amount of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;If you can avoid travelling on the M1 at the moment, that is the best thing to do,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;If you do need to travel and you are heading south, you&#8217;ll be diverted off the motorway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;There is a police investigation being carried out into this crash, so they will be shut for some time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An aerial shot of a traffic jam on a freeway.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5c113ea2dda35c3486a5cf7e1bfab9fb\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Long queues have built up on the M1. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Martin said one northbound lane was closed to allow emergency and traffic crews to turn around other trucks and vehicles in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The M1, which links Newcastle to Sydney via the Central Coast, is one of Australia&#8217;s busiest motorways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Long queues were reported in the southbound lanes and northbound traffic has also been affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Martin said traffic was heavy on Wyee Road and along the diversion route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;If you do need to travel, be prepared for significant delays,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck driver has died on the M1 Motorway after a crash with another truck at Morisset, about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,14589,14587,14590,14588,14591,44,4277,14592,14586],"class_list":["post-12832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking","tag-fatal-crash-nsw","tag-live-traffic-nsw","tag-m1-fatal-crash","tag-m1-motorway-diversions","tag-news","tag-nsw-police","tag-traffic-updates-nsw","tag-truck-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}