Woman, 70, killed in head-on collision with fuel tankers on Dawson Hwy near Gladstone

A Queensland woman has died after the station wagon she was driving veered onto the opposite side of the road and hit a prime mover towing B-double fuel tankers. Miraculously, a dog survived the crash.

A 70-year-old woman has died in a crash on the Dawson Highway near Calliope, west of Gladstone. file picture

A Central Queensland woman has died after the station wagon she was driving hit a prime mover towing B-double fuel tankers on Wednesday afternoon.

The fatal crash occurred near the Catfish Creek Bridge on the Dawson Highway in Wooderson, near Calliope, west of Gladstone.

Police said initial investigations indicated just after 5.30pm, the wagon, travelling west along the Dawson Highway, veered onto the opposite side of the road and hit a truck, travelling east.

A 70-year-old Wooderson woman died from her injuries at the scene.

An uninjured dog that was located inside the vehicle was taken to a nearby veterinary clinic.

The driver of the prime mover was the sole occupant of the truck and was not injured.

The crash closed the highway in both directions; however, it has since reopened.

Investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit are continuing. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact police.

 The crash is the second loss of life in the region in a matter of days after the death of Courtney Paige Anderson, the 28-year-old Gladstone woman who may have jumped from the moving Hilux she was travelling in with her partner at Bajool, south of Rockhampton on Easter Monday.