A man has died, and a woman is fighting for life after a three-vehicle traffic crash at Alligator Creek, south of Townsville this afternoon.
Around 2.10pm, police and emergency services responded to the Bruce Highway at the intersection with Allendale Road, following reports a truck and two vehicles had collided.
The driver of a silver sedan, a 62-year-old man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The passenger, a 66-year-old woman, was transported to Townsville Hospital in a critical condition and has undergone surgery.
Four people, a man and a woman in their 50s and a male and female, both teenagers from the second vehicle were transported to Townsville hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released from hospital.
The male truck driver and sole occupant was not injured.
Investigations continue.
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