Truck driver charged after crash kills mother and son on Bruce Highway near Gladstone

Driver, 30, charged with one count of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm and will appear in court next month

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A truck driver has been charged over a crash that killed a mother and her son, and injured two others, on a notorious Queensland highway.

A family of four were travelling in their ute south along the Bruce Highway at Raglan, near Gladstone, about 11pm on Tuesday when they slowed down behind another car with a wide load.

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