A teen is dead and two others are injured after a car crash in Cape Breton Thursday afternoon.
The driver, a 19-year-old from Lingan, N.S., was pronounced dead at the scene along Highway 4 in Ben Eoin, N.S., the RCMP says.
Two passengers, a Grand Mira woman, 21, and a Glace Bay man, 20, were injured and taken to hospital.
First responders were called to the scene around 4:40 p.m. Thursday.
The RCMP says the crash happened when the car, a Volkswagen Jetta, left the road, hit a power pole and landed in a ditch.
The highway was closed for a few hours but has reopened. An investigation is underway.
