New Brunswick

Deer Island man dies in ATV crash

RCMP in St. George say a 60-year-old man from Deer Island has died in ATV crash off the Northern Harbour Road.

St. George RCMP say a 60-year-old Deer Island man has died after an ATV crash

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RCMP in St. George say a 60-year-old man from Deer Island died when his ATV crashed off the Northern Harbour Road. (Matthew Howard/CBC)

A 60-year-old Deer Island man died in a single all-terrain vehicle crash around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, RCMP say.

A passerby saw the ATV off the Northern Harbour Road and called police.

The man was found down an embankment in a wooded area, police said.

He died at the scene.