Woman and child killed in truck crash on Bruce Highway north of Rockhampton

A woman and a young child have been killed in a truck crash on the Bruce Highway north of Rockhampton.

Two trucks collided on the corner of Raspberry Creek Road and Kunwarara Road in the Canoona area at 10:40pm on Wednesday.

The passengers in one of the vehicles, a 21-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl, both from the Rockhampton suburb of Koongal, died at the scene.

The driver, a 24-year-old man also from Koongal, sustained significant life-threatening injuries and was flown to Rockhampton hospital.

He was flown to a Brisbane hospital in a critical condition on Thursday night. 

The driver of the second truck, a 24-year-old man from New South Wales, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Rockhampton hospital.

The Queensland Fire Department also attended the scene as a fire broke out when the trucks collided.

Highway closed for 18 hours

Four Queensland Fire and Rescue crews assisted, with the help of two rural fire brigades.

One of the trucks was carrying vehicles on its trailer, where the fire spread to, with the blaze also sparking a grass fire.

The highway re-opened at 4:30pm on Thursday, after long lines of trucks and cars queued up for kilometres. 

Anyone with information or dash-cam footage is asked to contact the police.

Hours after the incident, another fatal two-vehicle crash occurred on the Bruce Highway at Griffin. 

About 5:40am, emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway between Anzac Avenue and Dohles Rocks Road, after reports of a crash between a truck and motorcycle.

The rider of the motorcycle, a 35-year-old man from Burpengary East, died at the scene.

The incidents bring the state's 2025 road toll to 279 lives lost, compared to 270 the same period last year.