A semi trailer driver from Assiniboia was injured and the driver of a second semi involved in an accident south of The Pas, Manitoba, has died.

At 12:10 a.m. this morning, The Pas RCMP responded to the accident on Highway 10 south of The Pas approximately two kilometres north of the Highway 60 junction.

RCMP say a southbound semi-trailer driven by a 59-year-old man from Truro, Nova Scotia crossed over into the northbound lane and collided with an oncoming semi-trailer driven by a 22-year-old man from southern Saskatchewan.

The driver from Truro was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 22-year-old from Assiniboia was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The accident is still under investigation.