WEST PALM BEACH — One man died and another sustained critical injuries Wednesday when they were thrown from a box truck during a collision with an SUV on South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, police said.

A man is dead and another man is in critical condition after they were both ejected from a box truck during a crash involving an SUV, West Palm Beach police say.

The force of the crash on South Dixie Highway just north of the Lake Worth Beach border threw both men from the box truck, West Palm Beach police say.

Authorities are investigating after two people were ejected from a vehicle in the 7300 block of South Dixie Highway early Wednesday. The West Palm Beach Police Department confirmed Wednesday afternoon that one person is dead and another person was critically injured.

A person was possibly ejected from a vehicle in a collision on Wednesday morning, according to the West Palm Beach Police Department.