A 64-year-old man is dead after the dump truck&nbsp;he was driving became submerged in the Partridge River in East Preston, N.S.

RCMP&nbsp;say&nbsp;they responded to the call&nbsp;just after 5 p.m. Saturday.

The local fire department was able to remove the man from the truck. He was taken to hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead there.

Crews worked Sunday afternoon to tow the dump truck out of the river.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A dump truck is hauled out of the Partridge River after a crash which killed the driver. 

Submerged dump truck

The investigation into the single-vehicle crash is ongoing.

This accident is the latest in what was a deadly weekend on Nova Scotia's roads. A vehicle crashed and caught fire in Eastern Passage early Saturday morning, 

, while a crash in River Philip on Friday night 

 after his vehicle left the road and struck a pole.

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RCMP say the vehicle caught on fire after crashing on Cow Bay Road early Saturday morning.

The vehicle has been hauled away but scattered debris remains at the scene of the crash. 

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One man is dead after the dump truck he was driving ended up submerged in the Partridge River. 

Man dead after dump truck submerges in East Preston river

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