Man dead, cattle euthanised after fiery truck crash

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Police were called to the scene of a fatal three-vehicle crash southwest of Brisbane. -AAP Image

A driver has died after a fiery collision with a truck carrying cattle southwest of Brisbane.

The 28-year-old Paddington man died at the scene at Purga after his station wagon collided head-on with a truck on the Cunningham Highway just after 1pm on Sunday.

The station wagon spun into the path of a ute travelling behind it.

"The truck was carrying cattle and due to the crash and fire that followed, a number of animals had to be euthanised," Queensland Police said in a statement on Sunday night.

Two passengers from the ute were taken to hospital as a precaution, while the drivers of the ute and truck escaped without injury.