Two dead in separate crashes in Qld IT was a horror night on our roads with a car crash in Helensvale on the Gold Coast and another near Cairns taking two lives. A 52-year-old man has died in a Gold Coast hospital after a crash on the Pacific Motorway Southbound about 10.30pm. The man's car hit a stationary trailer near roadworks and then smashed into a concrete barrier. Elsewhere, Bruce Highway claimed another life overnight after a man was killed in a crash between a car and truck near Cairns. Ambulance officers said the man died at the crash between Innisfail and Miriwinni about 10.30pm. The other male occupant of the car was flown to Cairns Base Hospital with a fractured arm. Fire crews were called to cut one of the men from their vehicle. The truck driver was not hurt. Police are investigating the cause of the crash and have closed the highway until further notice.