Police responding to fatal traffic crash at Darling Downs

Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a two-vehicle traffic crash in Southbrook early this morning.

Preliminary investigations indicate about 6.45am a truck was headed east on the Gore Highway when it has collided with a utility heading in the opposite direction near Geitz Road.

The driver of the ute, an 18-year-old Maryborough man, died at the scene.

The driver of the truck, a 26-year-old New South Wales man, was transported to the Toowoomba Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigations are continuing

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