Two people have died after a truck crashed into two utes on a highway in Queensland’s Gladstone region.

The three-vehicle crash happened on the Bruce Highway at Raglan about 11pm on Tuesday evening.

A semi-trailer was travelling southbound when it struck the back of two utes. 

Two people died at the scene while the other two people in the same ute were taken to hospital.
Two people died at the scene while the other two people in the same ute were taken to hospital. (Jorge Branco)

A 40-year-old woman and 13-year-old boy in one of the utes died at the scene.

The driver, a 42-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, who was a passenger, in the same ute were transported to Rockhampton Base Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver and passenger in the other ute sustained minor injuries.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the circumstances of the crash.

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