A 23-year-old man is dead after an ATV crash in Cape Breton.

It happened after 1 a.m. in Eskasoni.

Investigators say the young man was riding in a side slid when it went off a trail and rolled down an embankment into a river.

The driver of the side by side, a 28-year-old Eskasoni man was uninjured.

An investigation into the crash is underway. ongoing.