An elderly New Brunswick man is dead after his car left the road in Petite-Rivière-de-l’Île, N.B.

The RCMP responded to the crash off Saint-Pierre Street on Thursday.

They say the 76-year-old driver from Pointe-Canot died when his vehicle left the road and ended up in the ditch.

No one else was inside the car at the time and no other vehicles were involved in the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.