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One person is dead and three are seriously injured after a sleepy driver caused a four-car collision Friday evening on Highway 148 in Pontiac, Que.

According to MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais, the incident occurred after a driver in a vehicle travelling eastbound fell asleep, and the car drifted into oncoming traffic.

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Two of the vehicles rolled over in the crash, which happened around 7 p.m. near Hammond Road. One car also caught fire.

Highway 148 was reopened Saturday morning.