A 17-year-old boy has died after police say his all-terrain vehicle hit a vehicle in the Campbellton area.

Mounties say the crash happened along Restigouche Drive in Tide Head at around 9:40 p.m. Sunday.

Investigators believe the ATV passed a car travelling eastbound and then collided with an oncoming vehicle.

The driver and lone occupant of the ATV, who was from Campbellton, died at the scene from his injuries.

Police said the driver and two passengers in the car were not physically hurt.