A "dangerous" fugitive accused of shooting a man and evading police at the scene of a car crash is in custody following a manhunt.

John Durham Willey, 42, was found in bushland a day after his dramatic escape following the two-vehicle crash in central Queensland.

The 42-year-old was charged with a string of offences after he was located following a public appeal for assistance, ending a manhunt spanning more than 1000km.

Willey had been on the run since he and a 47-year-old woman allegedly shot a 45-year-old man in the leg in a Cairns hotel in the state's far north on September 9, police said.

A week later, police were called about midday on Tuesday to the two-vehicle crash involving a Holden ute and a caravan on the Bruce Highway near Rockhampton.

Willey and the woman allegedly fled

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