A 68-year-old truck driver has died and two other people have been seriously injured after a truck and car collided, before the truck smashed into a house in Launceston's north.
The crash happened on Goderich Street, which turns into the East Tamar Highway, at Invermay just before 7:00am this morning.
Tasmania Police Acting Inspector Andrew Hanson said the semi-trailer was travelling south before the crash.
"It has crossed the median strip into the north-bound lanes, it's collided with a small white hatchback, and the truck has then continued on through a fence and has crashed into the back end of a house in Howard street," he said.
"Unfortunately, the driver of the truck could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The female and male occupants of the white hatchback have been taken to the Launceston General Hospital.
"They were a mother and son. The mother is in a serious condition but is not critical."
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, police said a "48-year-old woman, who was the driver of the Toyota and her passenger, a 24-year-old man, were taken to the Launceston General Hospital with serious, non life-threatening injuries".
House occupants 'lucky' to be unhurt
Two occupants of the house and their pets escaped uninjured.
"There's quite substantial damage to the back," Inspector Hanson said.
"My understanding is that they have got some help from neighbours.
"They're with neighbours at the moment and they're just working through the process of contacting the insurance and trying to fix what's happened to them.
"Potentially it could have been a lot worse. Perhaps they were lucky that they were still in bed towards the front of the house."
Transport company De Bruyn's said in a statement it was a "very upsetting day" and its thoughts were with everyone involved.
The company said the driver had "suffered a medical episode".
However, Inspector Hanson said the cause was still being investigated.
"Part of that investigation will include the circumstances and whether or not a medical episode may have contributed to this crash," he said.
"The scene would indicate that there's been no other factors prior to the truck veering off the road."
Anyone with information or dash cam footage of the incident is asked to contact Northern Crash Investigation Services on 131 444.
