One man is dead and four other people are in hospital after a car crash near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

RCMP say the vehicle left the road and crashed around 4:15 Sunday afternoon just off of Abrams River Road.

A 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman and one child were taken to hospital in Yarmouth and two other children were airlifted to the IWK hospital in Halifax.

Police have not released the name of the victims.