A truck driver died when two semi-trailers crashed on the Trans-Canada Highway near St. Francois Xavier early Sunday morning.
According to Headingley RCMP, a truck being driven by a 49-year-old man from Winnipeg jack-knifed while travelling west around 7:30 a.m.
That truck was then hit by another westbound semi being driven by a 24-year-old Montreal man.
The driver of the first truck was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The driver of the second truck was uninjured.
Police say icy road conditions likely played a role in the fatal crash.
