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An 18 year-old Halifax area man is dead after a crash in Upper Big Tracadie.

On August 20, at approximately 7:15 a.m., Antigonish and Guysborough RCMP, fire and EHS responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision.

An 18-year-old man from Beaver Bank, who was driving a Honda Civic, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The 41-year-old male driver of the second vehicle, a Lexus SUV, was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.