SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A woman and a child died after two trucks collided on a highway in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland on Wednesday night.
The Queensland Police Service said in a statement on Thursday that emergency services were called to reports that two trucks had collided near the town of Canoona, over 550 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, around 10:40 p.m. local time.
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 hospital.
A second man, the driver and sole occupant of the other truck, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police said that the highway where the collision occurred is expected to be closed for some time while the forensic crash unit investigates the incident. ■
