RCMP investigate fatal motor vehicle collision in Yarmouth

Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision in Yarmouth on Monday.

Police say that shortly before 1 a.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle motor collision on Black Point Road.

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Officers found a van in a ditch. The lone occupant, a 59-year-old man, was unresponsive.

The Mounties say the man was transported to hospital by EHS where he was later pronounced dead.

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Black Point Road was closed for several hours as an RCMP collision reconstruction analyst studied the scene.

Police say the cause of the collision remains under investigation.