A Maui man was killed Thursday when he was thrown from his vehicle in a two-pickup truck crash on Pulehu Road east of Hansen Road, police said.

Police said a preliminary investigation showed a Toyota pickup truck traveling west on Pulehu Road crossed the solid center line and collided with a Ford Ranger pickup truck going east.

The Ford truck, operated by Frederick Brittain II, 44, of Kula, rolled over, and Brittain was thrown from his vehicle and sustained fatal injuries, police said. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

A 22-year-old man Waikapu man operating the Toyota was not injured.