Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at Calcium this afternoon.
Initial investigations suggest at around 2.30pm a car travelling west bound has collided with a truck travelling in the opposite direction on Flinders Highway.
The driver of the car, an 88–year-old man from Townsville, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the truck, a 60-year-old man from Killarney, was transported to Townsville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.