A driver fleeing police in a stolen sport utility vehicle from Rhode ­Island was killed after colliding with a pickup truck on Route 22 in Uxbridge Friday, the Worcester district ­attorney’s office said.

Uxbridge and Northbridge police were pursuing what they identified as a stolen Ford ­Explorer when it crashed at 3:17 p.m., said Tim Connolly, a spokesman for District Attorney ­Joseph E. Early Jr.