50-year-old man dead after motorcycle crash near Miramichi

A 50-year-old man from Sunny Corner, N.B., is dead after a crash early Sunday near Miramichi, RCMP say.

In a release, police sayemergency crews responded to a report of a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Route 425 in Strathadamat around 3 a.m.

Officials believe the crash took place after the driver of the motorcycle struck a guard railand was thrown from his vehicle. He died at the scene.

Police say an investigation is underway.