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One dead, three injured in peak hour car crashes

A woman has died after she was hit by a truck on the Sunshine Coast on Thursday evening.

Emergency services were called to a serious crash on School Road at Coolum Beach involving a vehicle and a pedestrian about 5pm.

The 39-year-old woman* was hit by the truck as she was getting out of a parked car, a police spokeswoman said.

The woman was declared dead at the scene, and the Forensic Crash Unit was investigating.

The truck's driver, a 39-year-old-man, was uninjured.

In Brisbane, three people were transported to hospital after a three-vehicle crash in Brisbane's north during peak hour.

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Emergency services were called to Rode Road and Markway Street in Chermside West about 5pm to reports of a crash.

Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, including bruising, according to an ambulance spokeswoman.

A police spokeswoman said the road had been reopened and the accident had been cleared.

*Correction: initial information said the woman's age was 45.