Man, 80, dead after single-vehicle crash on Highway 104

An 80-year-old man from East Hants, N.S., has died after a single-vehiclecrash in Upper Brookside, Colchester County, on Sunday morning.

The man was a passenger in a truck which left Highway 104, entered a ditch and hit a tree around 9 a.m., say RCMP.

The driver, a 70-year-old woman from East Hants, was the onlyother person in the truck. She was taken to the QEIIHospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

It's not clear what caused the crash.