POLICE are on scene and are directing traffic after a truck crashed into wire rope barriers on the Calder Highway at Faraday.

A truck travelling north is understood to have hit the barriers and torn a hole in the side of a tank, which had as much as 700 litres of fuel.

The amount that has spilled is yet to be confirmed but is understood to have been leaking.

The truck remains tangled in the barriers.

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Paramedics have also been called to the scene.

Anyone driving through the area should proceed with caution and obey directions from emergency service workers.

Earlier

A TANKER appears to have crashed on the Calder Highway at Faraday.

Firefighters are on scene and police have been called after the incident on the northbound lanes of the highway, heading towards Bendigo.

The driver is understood to be OK and firefighters are treating the incident as a "washaway", where fuel and other debris is literally cleaned up by emergency services.

Early reports from the scene suggest that one vehicle was involved in the incident.

It has come in a period in which heavy rains, winds and lightning have buffeted central Victoria.

The storm cell has left fallen trees on powerlines and cars across the region.

More to come.

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