Traffic was backed up about 10 kilometres on Sydney’s M1 Tuesday morning as police established a crime scene following a fatal truck crash. A man was killed when the B-double he was driving crashed and slid down an embankment while travelling towards the city near Asquith about 11pm on Monday. Shortly before this police found a second truck 50 metres down the road where a second man had become trapped inside it when it had rolled. NSW Police confirmed to Yahoo News Australia the trucks had collided. Shortly beforehand and fifty metres down the road, police attended a separate crash where a man became trapped inside a truck which had rolled (pictured). Source: Nine News This man was freed and taken to Royal North Shore Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition. Two of three southbound lanes are closed on the M1 Pacific Motorway just past Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Road. Major delays are expected for commuters travelling to the city, with drivers urged to take alternate routes and avoid the area if possible. Officers from Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command have established a crime scene. Two of three southbound lanes are closed on the M1 Pacific Motorway just past Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Road. Source: Live Traffic Motorists are advised to monitor www.livetraffic.com for the latest traffic information. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@yahoonews.com. You can also follow us on Facebook, download the Yahoo News app from iTunes or Google Play and stay up to date with the latest news with Yahoo’s daily newsletter. Sign up here.<doc-sep>Police have launched an investigation after one man died when two trucks crashed in the city-bound lanes on the M1 Pacific Motorway in Sydney's north late on Monday night. Emergency services were called to the motorway at Wahroonga after reports of a crash about 10.40pm on Monday. When they arrived, they found a pantec truck rolled on its side with the driver trapped inside. The driver was freed and taken to Royal North Shore Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition. Further down the road, officers located a B-double truck which had slid approximately 50 metres down an embankment.<doc-sep>Here's what you need to know this morning. Motorway chaos A truck driver is dead after a crash at Wahroonga. ( ABC News People driving to Sydney from the Central Coast are being urged to work from home today with a fatal truck crash causing major delays on the M1. Two of three citybound lanes on the M1 were reopened following a truck crash which left one of the drivers dead. Dave Wright from the Transport Management Centre warned earlier that there would be significant delays as police investigated the site of the crash. "We already have five-kilometre queues at this time and it is only going to get worse," he said earlier this morning. "Anyone who lives around the Central Coast or the Hunter region who is coming into Sydney ... we are strongly urging [you] to either work at home or travel via train." 24-hour trading for Sydney Sydney City council has voted unanimously for a 24-hour city. ( ABC News: Hayley Roman The City of Sydney council last night voted unanimously in favour of new rules to allow 24-hour trading across the entire city centre. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said she hoped the new control plan would give visitors more late-night options and enhance Sydney's reputation on the world stage. The changes allowed for new late-night trading areas in areas such as Barangaroo and Green Square and a new cultural precinct in an industrial part of Alexandria. Venues holding live creative events in late-night trading areas may also be allowed to run for an extra hour. Cocaine in children's books The books containing the drugs were intercepted by the ABF. ( Supplied: NSW Police Force A Sydney man will face court today after allegedly trying to smuggle $645,000 worth of cocaine inside the covers of children's books from Portugal. The Australian Border Force said two separate packages containing the books were x-rayed at the International Mail Gateway in Sydney and revealed to contain 1.72 kilograms of cocaine. Following an investigation, a 31-year-old Vaucluse man was arrested on Friday. He was taken to Waverley Police Station and charged with attempting to import commercial quantities of cocaine. He was also given two cannabis cautions. Greenpeace activists hang from bridge Greenpeace activists scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge and unfurled banners. ( ABC News Greenpeace activists remain suspended below Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of a protest over climate change. Six members from the environmental group had set out under the cover of night from the Miller Street side of the bridge with the intention of unfurling a banner from the undercarriage. Officers had quickly apprehended half of the group before sunrise and remain on scene while three of the activists hang from cables tied to the bridge. Greenpeace said the members were trained climbers and they were demanding the Prime Minister declare a climate emergency. A shift in Wentworth Liberal candidate Dave Sharma could benefit from a shift in the electorate's concerns. ( ABC News: Nick Sas With just four days until the federal election, the battle is too close to call in the Sydney seat of Wentworth, where internal Liberal polling shows a change in the issues that matter to the electorate. Seven months ago, independent candidate Dr Kerryn Phelps rode a wave of climate change and asylum seeker anger to win the Wentworth by-election from the Liberal party's Dave Sharma. But new polling shows the economy is now the biggest issue in the affluent electorate, followed by housing affordability, cost of living and climate change. Anti-Abbott banner vandalised Aaron King said his sign had been defaced four times and a security camera stolen. ( ABC News: Jessica Kidd The nastiness continues in the northern beaches seat of Warringah, where mechanic Aaron King claims his "Vote Tony Out" banner has been vandalised four times during the election campaign. The vandals slashed and painted over the sign to make it simply read "Vote Tony", and Mr King said a security camera installed after the first incident was also stolen. It comes less than two weeks after obscene caricatures of Mr Abbott emblazoned with expletives were found in several suburbs across Warringah. Hacked email asks for rates payment Loading Ratepayers on Sydney's northern beaches are being sent a fake invoices tied to an email scam, after a local councillor's private data was reportedly hacked. Northern Beaches Liberal councillor Rory Amon used social media to warn residents his data was hacked and to delete the email, which contained a bogus invoice purportedly from the council. Council CEO Ray Brownlee said the hack had nothing to do with the council's IT systems. An Avalaon resident who received the email said it looked "completely legitimate" and was concerned people could be "easily misled and possibly out of pocket as a result".<doc-sep>
A man has died and another remains in hospital following a horror truck crash in Sydney's north overnight. Emergency services were called to the M1 at Wahroonga in Sydney’s North, in the southbound lanes, following reports of a crash at 10:40pm. Crews worked to free a driver trapped in a truck on its side. Police and ambulance crews pictured at the fatal M1 accident last night. (9news) He was taken by ambulance to Royal North Shore Hospital suffering injuries in a stable condition. A second truck was found down an embankment with the driver of that B-double suffering fatal injuries. The accident caused significant delays for motorists. (9news) Chief Inspector Frank Gilmore urged any drivers with dashcam or witnesses to the accident to come forward. "Once emergency services got down to that B-double truck, he was located deceased," Chief Inspector Gilmore said. "Initial investigations to this stage indicate that the B-double collided with the rear of the Pantek truck." Motorists travelling southbound on the M1 Pacific Motorway between the Central Coast and Sydney experienced significant delays following the accident. Police found one truck had careered down an embankment. (9news) Two of three southbound lanes which were closed earlier today are now re-opened. However motorists have been urged to allow extra time for their journeys. Two southbound lanes are now open on the M1 past Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Road and one southbound lane remains closed on the motorway as the salvage operation continues. Nothing could be done to save the driver of the B-Double. (9news) Southbound traffic remains heavy on the M1 between Berowra and Asquith.