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Moncton man dead after Highway 60 crash northwest of Ottawa

A 27-year-old man from Moncton, N.B., is dead after a crash in Eganville, Ont., about 130 kilometres northwest of Ottawa.

Ontario Provincial Police say a 66-year-old man was driving a pickup truck along Highway 60 heading west when his vehicle struck the guardrails and rolled into a ditch early Sunday morning.

His passenger, 27-year-old Jeffrey Poirier, was pronounced dead at the scene. Poirier was not wearing a seatbelt when the truck crashed, police said.

The driver was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police continue to investigate the crash.