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Three people are feared dead after a horror crash between a car and a B-double truck on a major highway.
The smash happened at the D-Aguilar Highway near the Nanango Tarong Road intersection, in Nanango, northwest of Brisbane before 6am on Thursday.
The male driver of the semi-trailer, aged in his 50s, suffered minor injuries and was rushed by paramedics to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition.
The people are feared dead after a horror crash between a car and a B-double truck on a major highway, northwest of Brisbane on Thursday (pictured stock image)
The highway has been closed in both directions south of Nanango and motorists have been told to avoid the area, with traffic authorities putting diversions in place.
The B-double truck was found down an embankment near the highway when emergency services arrived at the scene.
The cab of the truck, which is where the driver of the heavy vehicle sits, had appeared to be overturned near a ditch following the collision.
The multiple trailers being towed by the truck managed to remain on the highway.
A spokeswoman from the Queensland Ambulance Service, told Daily Mail Australia three people did sustain life threatening injuries.
The cab of the truck, which is where the driver of the heavy vehicle sits, had appeared to be overturned near a ditch (pictured) following the collision.
The spokeswoman confirmed the truck driver did sustain lacerations and was taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries.
It is not yet known whether the three people were travelling in the car.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Queensland Police for comment.
More to come.
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