A MILK tanker driver was left needing stitches to his forehead after his B-double crashed on a Hume Freeway exit ramp in the early hours of Sunday.
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Leading Senior-Constable David Richards, of Chiltern police, said the southbound Murray Goulburn driver was leaving the freeway at the Indigo Creek Road exit when trouble struck at 1am.
He said the truck locked up and jack-knifed with the prime mover and first trailer rolling, while the second trailer stayed upright.
The cabin and trailer came to rest on their side on the Wangaratta-bound ramp across Indigo Creek Road.
Speed is being investigated as a possible cause.
The driver, who turned 53 on Saturday and is from Tawonga, suffered a gash to his forehead requiring stitches and was taken by ambulance to Albury hospital for concussion tests.
About 15,000 to 17,000 litres of milk spilled from the first trailer with the road blocked for several hours.
Barnawartha fire captain Howard Smith and his crew arrived at the scene about 1.40am and assisted with securing the truck.
Mr Smith said milk flow from the trailer was weak.
"It was dribbling out of the main hatches," he said.
Leading Senior-Constable Richards said Victoria's Environment Protection Authority was also called into investigate the matter, although there was no waterway in the immediate vicinity of the milk spill.
Another 15,000 to 17,000 litres was stored in the second trailer.
Mr Smith said there had been concerns there was diesel spilling from the truck, but it emerged it was AdBlue, an additive used to reduce emissions.
After spending about 30 minutes at the scene, the Barnawartha crew returned home.