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Road conditions a factor in fatal northwestern N.B. crash: RCMP

A sign outside an RCMP detachment. File / Global News

A 20-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle rollover in northwestern New Brunswick.

Police say the crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday in Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche, N.B., along Route 260.

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Officers believe the vehicle left the road, struck a pole and rolled over.

The driver from Saint-Quentin, N.B., who was the only person in the vehicle, was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.

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Investigators believe slippery roads were a contributing factor in the crash.

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