PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. -- A man is dead following a head-on collision in eastern Nova Scotia.

The Mounties say the crash happened at 5:40 p.m. on Highway 104 in Havre Boucher.

The RCMP say an SUV travelling westbound collided with a tractor trailer headed eastbound near Exit 38.

The lone occupant of the SUV, a man from the nearby Port Hawkesbury area, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.