RCMP release:

Pictou County District RCMP is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Thorburn.

On September 21, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Pictou County District RCMP, fire and EHS, responded to a report of a vehicle crash in the 9000 block on Sherbrooke Rd. Upon arrival at the scene, RCMP officers learned that a blue Honda Civic was travelling on Sherbrooke Rd. when it left the roadway and entered the ditch.

The driver and sole occupant of the Honda, a 19-year-old Blue Mountain man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

A collision reconstructionist attended the scene. The investigation remains ongoing, and is being assisted by the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.

Our thoughts are with the victim’s loved ones at this difficult time.