Highway 4 was closed for several hours between Whalen Line and Mt. Carmel Drive following a fatal collision early yesterday morning just outside of Centralia.
First responders arrived on the scene shortly after 6:30 Tuesday morning.
The preliminary investigation has determined a tractor trailer was travelling northbound on Highway 4 when it collided with the rear of a sedan that was also travelling northbound.
The driver of the sedan was pronounced deceased at the scene. He has been identified as 75 year old James McIntyre MCINTYRE, from Middlesex Centre Township.
The driver of the transport truck was transported to hospital whereupon he was treated and released.
