One driver is dead and two others in hospital after a four-vehicle crash south of Grande Prairie Wednesday morning.

STARS air ambulance responded to the morning commute crash about 30 km south of the northern Alberta city, on Highway 40.

Male drivers from two separate pickup trucks were transported to Grande Prairie’s QEII hospital with serious injuries and were being treated Wednesday afternoon.

A male driver of a van was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The RCMP collision analyst from Peace River remained on scene in the afternoon as police continued to investigate the cause of the collision.

Initial scene assessment indicates that it was a head-on collision that initiated the multiple vehicle involvement.