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A Lower Sackville man is dead after a collision on Highway 104 in Springhill Junction.

RCMP say it was around 5:30pm Monday when a tractor trailer hit the driver of a pickup truck, who had gotten out of his parked Chevrolet Silverado, to secure the load he was carrying.

The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The youth passenger driving with him was injured.

The driver of the tractor trailer was also uninjured.

A vehicle reconstructionist was on the scene which had the highway closed for several hours but has since reopened.

The investigation is ongoing.