THREE men have died in Queensland following three separate vehicle crashes, including one who was thrown from the tray of a ute.

Police say the 18-year-old was travelling in the back of the ute in Cape Palmerston National Park, in the state's north early today when the vehicle rolled.

In a separate accident, a 57-year-old man was killed in Nerang after his car crashed into a tree early today and police are investigating a bicycle crash in Townsville, in Queensland's northeast, in which a man died after apparently colliding with a tree.

The 69-year-old's body was found this morning.