A collision between a pickup truck and a big rig on Highway 101 North of Laytonville, closed a section of the roadway for well over 5 hours yesterday. The big rig was carrying a load of bags of soil that were strewn across the roadway. The pickup truck caught fire. The driver of the big rig was pronounced dead at the scene and the pickup driver was transported to a hospital in Willits with serious injuries. The road was cleared and opened to traffic again around 9:14 pm.