<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman and a young child have been killed in a two-truck crash on the Bruce Highway in Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police and emergency services were called to reports of a crash between a Mercedes-Benz truck on the Bruce Highway at Canoona at 10.40pm last night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Freightliner truck driver, a 24-year-old man from Koongal, was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cancer-pancreatic-plea-disease-wiped-out-stephs-beloved-family-within-a-year/955a325d-9066-41fb-88b9-b04eb35beac2" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>One disease wiped out Steph's family in a year. Survival rates have barely changed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two passengers in a Freightliner truck, including a 21-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl from Koongal, were declared dead at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver of a Mercedes-Benz truck, a 24-year-old man from Toongabbie in NSW, was left with minor physical injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bruce Highway remains closed and is expected to remain closed for most of the day.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/woman-and-young-child-killed-in-queensland-truck-crash/0ab50e2b-a6f3-47be-be9c-07e5d8a0a59b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Motorists have been told to avoid the area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>