Man, 24, dies in dirt bike crash in Beaver Bank area
Halifax RCMP say it responded to a report of the single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Meadowbrook Drive and Pinebrook Drive at around 1:20 a.m.
Once they arrived at the scene, police say they learned the man had been driving a dirt bike on Pinebrook Drive when it left the road and went into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation is underway.
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