A 35-year-old Liverpool man has died following a head-on collision between a pick-up truck and van along Nova Scotia's south shore Friday night.

Nova Scotia RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 331 near Exit 17 around 7:00 p.m.

The driver of the pick-up truck was pronounced dead at the scene. Two people in a van were sent to Queens County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Highway 331 at Exit 17 was closed for several hours as RCMP investigated.