A 23-year-old Eskasoni man is dead following an accident with a&nbsp;side-by-side&nbsp;off-road vehicle&nbsp;Friday morning in the Cape Breton community.

Eskasoni RCMP were called to a report that a side by side had slid off a trail and rolled down an embankment into a river.

When Mounties responded at 1:32&nbsp;a.m.,&nbsp;they discovered the 28-year-old driver, also from Eskasoni, was not injured. But the passenger did not survive.

RCMP did not provide any details regarding the crash, and said an investigation is ongoing.

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Eskasoni RCMP said the driver of the side-by-side was not injured, but the passenger died as a result of the early morning accident.

Eskasoni man dead after side-by-side vehicle rolls down embankment

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