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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