A 23-year-old man is in hospital after his vehicle left the highway in Pictou County, N.S.

The RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 104 in Pleasant Valley, N.S. around 4:10 a.m. Monday.

Police say the vehicle was headed east when it left the highway and rolled into the median.

The driver was taken to hospital in New Glasgow with undetermined injuries.

A section of Highway 104 was closed to traffic for several hours Monday. It reopened around 12:30 p.m.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.