Police are investigation a fatal collision between a transport truck and a construction safety vehicle.
The West District RCMP responded to the incident on Highway 2 near Dumfries, just before noon yesterday.
They believe the crash occurred when the transport truck travelling westbound collided with the back of a safety truck that was parked along the side of the highway at a construction site.
The transport truck was damaged in the crash and caught fire. The driver, a 45-year-old man from Boundary Creek, died at the scene.
The occupant of the safety truck was taken to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
