Two 19-year-old men are dead after their vehicle left the highway near Jacksonville, N.B. Tuesday evening.

The RCMP say the vehicle was headed eastbound on the highway shortly after 10 p.m. when it left the road and rolled.

The driver and two passengers were ejected from the vehicle.

Two men from the Grand Falls area died as a result of their injuries while a 23-year-old woman remains in hospital in critical condition.

Police don’t believe they were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.

The highway was closed for several hours while police cleared the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.