Part of the Bruce Highway is closed in central Queensland as police hunt for a person who fled on foot after a two-vehicle crash.

An emergency declaration was made at 1:42pm on Tuesday under the Public Safety Preservation Act after the crash on the Bruce Highway in the rural locality of Canoona, about 60 kilometres north of Rockhampton between Yaamba and Marlborough.

The exclusion zone extends covers a 2-kilometre radius on a section of the highway called Kunwarara Road.

Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service has been in called to assist.

The crash was reported in the area at 12pm and a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed paramedics attended the scene.

One female patient was taken to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition.

Emergency crews remain at the scene.

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