A 20-year-old man is dead after a single vehicle collision in Cape Breton.

Cape Breton Police say it happened on the Eskasoni Highway near Islandview at around 7:30 p.m., Saturday.

Emergency crews were helping a vehicle in the trees that was several hundred feet away from the roadway, that was noticed by witnesses.

The driver, and only one in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.