One person is dead following an impaired driving collision north of Kinistino on Saturday.

Melfort RCMP state that a truck traveling east on Highway 789 collided with a car going south on the grid.

The 46-year-old driver of the car died at the scene, while a 36-year-old woman who was also in the car was transported to hospital in Saskatoon via STARS with unknown injuries.

Police say that the driver of the truck, 46-year-old Troy Tolofson of Melfort, was arrested after leaving the accident scene on foot.

Tolofson has been charged with impaired operation of a vehicle causing death, impaired operation causing bodily harm, two counts of failing to remain at the scene, and one count of resisting arrest.

He made his first court appearance on Tuesday morning and is due back in court on September 12.