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Upper Musquodoboit man, 64, dies after crashing vehicle into ditch: police

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A 64-year-old man from Upper Musquodoboit, N.S., died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday night, according to police.

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Nova Scotia RCMP say they responded to the crash in a small community east of Musquodoboit Harbour just before 8 p.m.

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Police say they arrived to find a pickup truck in the ditch at the intersection of Wittenburg Road and Highway 224 in Chaswood.

The driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, died at the scene.

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The section of highway was closed for several hours as police investigated the cause, but has since reopened.

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