One man is dead and two are injured after a pickup truck collided with a tractor trailer south of Grande Prairie.

The crash on Highway 40, near Township Road 700, happened at about 6:45 a.m. Saturday.

The driver of the pickup truck died at the scene and STARS Air Ambulance flew the truck’s passenger to the Grande Prairie hospital with serious injuries.

The man driving the tractor trailer unit went to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police have not released the name of the man killed in the crash.