WA man dies after truck crash

A 53-year-old man has died after the ute he was driving collided with a truck near Broomehill in the south of Western Australia.

A police spokeswoman said it was believed the ute veered into the path of the truck on Saturday evening, killing the Katanning local at the scene and leaving the 32-year-old truck driver with minor injuries.

The man's death takes the state's holiday toll to two and the national total to 34.

* The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2015 until 2359 January 3, 2016, local times.