Man, 54, dead following ATV crash in Lunenburg County

A 54-year-old man is dead following an all-terrain vehicle crash in New Elm, Lunenburg County.

The RCMP were called to the scene near New Elm Road — about 30 kilometres west of Bridgewater — shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The Mounties say the side-by-side vehicle was heavily damaged in an apparent offroad rollover. It was the only vehicle involved in the crash.

The driver, a 54-year-old man from Shelburne County, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The vehicle's passenger, a 60-year-old man from Hants County, suffered a non-life-threatening injury.