A 66-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Broadway, Pictou County.

It happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 4. Police say the driver went off the road and hit a power pole.

The Merigomish man died at the scene of the crash but there is no word yet on what caused the motorcycle to leave the road.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene and is working to figure of those details.

Highway 4 was closed for a number of hours but is open now.