Sergeant Will Hamilton spoke at the scene of the fatal truck crash just north of Hamilton.

A truck driver who lost control and ran over a man walking his dog north of Hamilton has pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving causing death.

Ian Douglas Minnear, 55, of Glenview in Hamilton appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Wednesday where he admitted the charge of killing David Brian Besley, 69, on September 5 last year.

The crash happened on rural Osborne Rd, about 500 metres from the intersection of Horsham Downs Rd, about 11.30am that day.

TOM LEE/STUFF Ian Douglas Minnear, 55, leaves the Hamilton District Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty.

Minnear was behind the wheel of the unladen truck and trailer, used for carting aggregate, heading north when he lost control rounding a moderate right hand bend.

The court heard he had been making his third trip from the Waikato Expressway sit to a nearby quarry that day when he veered off the road and into a ditch.

As he attempted to retain control of the vehicle, he ploughed over Besley and his dog, who were walking on the footpath beside the road, killing them both before heading 50 metres into a paddock.

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF The truck came to a stop in a paddock off Osborne Rd.

Minnear, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, told the police he believed he had been doing 55 to 60kmh at the time he lost control.

Minnear, who was represented in court by lawyer Mark Sturm, was remanded at large by community magistrate Kathryn Wilson to next appear on March 22 for sentencing.

The charge comes with a maximum penalty of three months in prison, or a fine of up to $4500.

Wilson also ordered a restorative justice conference take place.

Besley, who lived in Horsham Downs, was a former psychiatric nurse employed by the Waikato District Health Board.

He had retired in 2017.

