Police have charged a man following the investigation of a fatal traffic crash that occurred in March near Cloncurry.
A road train and a ute collided on the Barkley Highway around 40km west of Cloncurry at 4.50pm on March 12.
The driver of the truck, a 32-year-old man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the ute, a 48-year-old man, was transported to Mount Isa Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Yesterday police charged a 49-year-old Parkhurst man with one count each of dangerous driving and driving while relevant drug present in blood.
He will appear in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on September 20.
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