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WATCH: Truck burns on Perimeter; driver suffers serious injuries

WATCH: Skyview1 footage of a semi-trailer truck burning on the North Perimeter Highway.

WINNIPEG — A truck driver suffered serious injuries after his vehicle flipped and caught fire on the North Perimeter Highway.

The blaze started after the truck, which appeared to be hauling gravel, collided with an excavator in the eastbound lanes of the Perimeter near Pipeline Road at around 8:30 a.m., RCMP said.

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The excavator operator no reported injuries, police said.

A traffic analyst is investigating.

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