Update:
TWO southbound lanes and all northbound lanes of the M1 Pacific Motorway are open after a fatal truck crash at Mount Kuring-gai.
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One southbound lane remains closed for repairs to a fence by the side of the motorway.
Motorists travelling south should continue to allow extra travel time.
Earlier:
ALL northbound lanes of the M1 Pacific Motorway have reopened after a fatal truck crash at Mount Kuring-gai on Tuesday morning.
Two of three southbound lanes of the motorway remain closed at the crash site.
Motorists should continue to allow plenty of extra travel time.
At 2.20pm, emergency services and traffic crews were still on site, the Transport Management Centre said.
Emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the M1, near the Church Street overpass, about 2.30am.
Police said a body was found inside a truck that rolled and caught alight on the M1 at Mount Kuring-gai.
On arrival, officers found a B-double that had crashed into the median strip and rolled before catching on fire, burning a load of wool it was transporting, police said.
A body, believed to be the driver, was found inside and is yet to be identified.
Traffic on the M1 was queued around 8km from the Hawkesbury River through to the Berowra exit.
Traffic on the Pacific Hwy was queued around 17km from Cowan to Mount Colah.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online
For the latest traffic information, visit livetraffic.com, download the Live Traffic NSW app, or call 132 701.
