A 40-year-old Sorrento resident is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 east of Sorrento. 

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Salmon Arm RCMP and BC Highway Patrol officers responded to a head-on collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle on Highway 1, between Highlands Drive and Golf Course Drive.

"Evidence at the scene indicates the driver of the passenger vehicle drove into the wrong side of the divided highway, resulting in the collision with the oncoming semi-trailer," said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy in a media release. â€œSadly, the driver, and only occupant, a 40-year-old man from Sorrento… succumbed to injuries he’d sustained and was pronounced deceased at the scene."

The driver and passenger of the semi-trailer sustained minor injuries, added Grandy. 

The highway was closed for several hours to allow the initial investigation at the scene to take place, and the collision remains under investigation. 

Police ask that anyone with information about the incident contact them at 250-832-6044.