SYDNEY: A woman and a child died after two trucks collided on a highway in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, police said on Thursday.
The Queensland Police Service said in a statement on Thursday that emergency services were called on Wednesday night to reports that two trucks had collided near the town of Canoona, over 550 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, around 10:40 pm local time, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Two passengers in one of the trucks, a toddler and a woman in her 20s, died at the scene.
The driver of the same vehicle, a man in his 20s, sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to the hospital.
A second man, the driver and sole occupant of the other truck, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.