Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in northeastern New Brunswick that killed a 44-year-old man.

New Brunswick RCMP believe the crash happened on Saturday around 4 a.m. in Petit-Paquetville, N.B., about 45 minutes outside Bathurst.

Police say the driver lost control while negotiating a curve and left the road.

The man from Bois-Blanc, N.B., was the only driver of the vehicle.