43yo woman dies in car and truck collision on Bruce Highway, Colosseum

The age of a woman who died in a shocking truck and car collision on the Bruce Highway in Central Qld this week has been released.

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of a serious crash in the Gladstone region on Tuesday night.

The age of a woman who died in an horrific truck and car crash at Colosseum on the Bruce Highway in the Gladstone region on March 4 has been released.

The woman, who was the car driver and sole occupant, was 43.

It is not know where she is from.

Both lanes of the Bruce Highway were closed after a horrific fatal crash on March 4.

The collision at Colosseum about 9.45pm on Tuesday, March 5 claimed the life of the woman.

A spokeswoman from the Queensland Ambulance Service said there had been a “significant impact” between the car the woman was in and the truck.

Police said a vehicle and truck were travelling in opposite directions when they crashed near McAuliffe Road.

The driver of the truck, a 60-year-old Forest Glen man, suffered minor injuries.

In an update on Wednesday, QAS said three people were assessed at the scene.

The truck driver declined further treatment or transport while a third patient was also assessed and declined further treatment and transport.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said two crews attended the scene at 9.58pm.

At 2.45am firefighters removed a person from a vehicle. Cutting equipment was not required, and firefighters left the scene at 3am.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations into the circumstances of the crash are under way.

The Bruce Highway was closed in both directions with motorists are being advised to avoid the area.

At South Gladstone, paramedics took a stable female patient to Gladstone Hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Forest Place at 4.08am on Wednesday.

More to come.

Originally published as 43yo woman dies in car and truck collision on Bruce Highway, Colosseum