ROUND Australia grey nomads Vince and Carol Foley are counting their blessings after surviving a horror smash on a remote Queensland highway.

The Victorians say they were forced off the road as another caravan attempted to overtake their rig but was suddenly confronted by another caravan travelling in the opposite direction.

Passers-by dragged the blood-soaked couple through their windscreen of their four-wheel-drive which rolled after the accident 20km from Blackwater on the Capricorn Highway west of Rockhampton.

The Foleys were given first-aid at the roadside before being taken to hospital in Rockhampton.

Witnesses said they were lucky to escape with their lives.

Their rig and the other caravan involved were badly damaged in the smash which closed the busy highway.

Vince, 67, and Carol, 62 – who have completed three round-Australia trips – said they will probably now give up caravanning.

Carol told the Rockhampton Bulletin: "It's just like a film in your head of the accident. The bang, the roll, the noise and then the quiet. It just goes over and over and over. You just can't shut it out."

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