HAY COVE, N.S. - Police have released the name of a man who died after crashing his motorcycle on a Cape Breton highway.

RCMP say the 69-year-old man was travelling eastbound on Highway 4 near Hay Cove on Saturday when he hit the shoulder of the road and lost control.

Thomas Charles Warren of Birch Grove was taken to hospital and later died.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.