Truck, car explode in collision
A TRUCK driver is dead after his vehicle careered across the Bruce Highway at Narangba north of Brisbane and hit a car travelling in the opposite direction, exploding into flames.
The truck was carrying gas cylinders which caused a spectacular blast, which could be heard up to 10km away in Samford.
Witness on the scene said flames leapt 7m into the air.
Both vehicles were incinerated. There is huge scorched area on the median strip.
Miraculously, the driver of the car escaped the blaze and was taken to hospital by ambulance, with minor injuries.
All lanes of the highway are closed under the Deception Bay Road overpass.
