Nova Scotia

1 dead, 1 injured in fiery Cape Breton crash

One person is dead and one is injured after a fatal single-vehicle crash near the Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton Saturday night, police said. 

Vehicle with trailer left the road, rolled and caught fire

One person was killed and another was injured after a single-vehicle crash on Kellys Mountain on Saturday night. (Submitted by Rich MacNeil )

One person is dead and one is injured after a fatal single-vehicle crash near the Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton Saturday night, police said. 

A vehicle towing a trailer left the road, rolled and caught fire around 9:20 p.m. on Hwy 105 near Kellys Mountain, RCMP said in a press release. 

The driver died at the scene, police said. The passenger was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

The road was closed for at least an hour while RCMP investigated.