A 57-year-old Rivière-Verte, N.B., man is dead after a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon.

The crash happened at about 4:30 p.m. on Highway 17 in Saint-Quentin.

The man was driving the motorcycle when it left the road. A woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle was taken to hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

RCMP are still investigating the cause of the crash. The man’s name is not being released.