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A man has been charged after a traffic crash north of the Sunshine Coast on Friday.

About 5.40pm it will be alleged a Toyota LandCruiser driving on Cooroy Gympie Road, also known as the Old Bruce Highway, near Keefton Road had collided with a Mitsubishi Triton and a Toyota Corolla travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of Triton, a 56-year-old Carters Ridge woman, received minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

The driver of Corolla, a 38-year-old Cooran man, was not physically injured.

The driver of LandCruiser, a 40-year-old man from Glenwood, north of Gympie, returned a positive roadside breath test.

He has been charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (0.205), dangerous operation of a vehicle and driving a motor vehicle other than as allowed under an interlock condition.

He is expected to appear before the Gympie Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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