Semi-trailer and caravan collide, one dead

One man is dead after a semi-trailer collided with his caravan in central Queensland.

The 70-year-old driver of a ute towing a caravan was trying to turn across the Warrego Highways, near Charleville on Tuesday afternoon when a semi-trailer collided with him. The ute driver at the scene.

The ute's sole passenger, a 72-year-old woman, was transported to the Charleville base Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the driver of the truck was treated for shock.