All lanes of Bulli Pass have reopened on Tuesday morning following a fiery truck crash on Monday afternoon.
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The road was closed in both directions between the M1 Princes Motorway and Lawrence Hargrave Drive as repairs continued.
Motorists were advised to use the M1 Princes Motorway or Lawrence Hargrave Drive before the road was reopened at 7.10am. There are no delays in the area.
A tipper truck and trailer, travelling downhill, crashed into multiple power poles, hit the barrier, flipped onto its side and came to a halt in front of him. It then burst into flames.
Emergency services, traffic crews and utility crews were on site on Monday night and Tuesday morning working to replace the power poles as well repair the barrier and clean-up debris.
Power was restored to homes about 6.30am on Tuesday.
Nathan Ford, from Tongarra, was travelling up the Pass when the carnage unfolded right in front of him about 3.30pm on Monday.
"The truck was heading down the Pass, it's hit the barricade and then rolled over. It caught on fire and slid down the hill towards my car," Mr Ford said.
"I kind of put it [the car] in reverse to go back down."
He described the horrifying moment when the truck came within about a metre of his car.
"As I was trying to put it in reverse, it [the truck] started rolling down the hill; the tray has disconnected and slid down, and I've just rolled down the hill trying to get away from it," he said.
The truck also hit two parked cars.
Remarkably, the truck driver - a man aged in his 30s - was the only person injured.
He was taken to Wollongong Hospital with a fractured arm and minor abrasions.