CALERA, Okla. (KTEN) — One driver is dead after a pickup truck collided with an 18-wheeler near Calera on Friday afternoon.

Investigators said the smaller truck, driven by 48-year-old Jack Redden of Calera, crossed the center line of Leavenworth Trail at the Smizer Road intersection and hit the big rig head-on at 12:23 p.m.

The pickup truck's driver was trapped in the wreckage for about an hour and died in the impact. 

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

 Location of a fatal accident near Calera on March 4, 2022. (Google Maps)