21-year-old woman dead after car crash in Cape Breton

A 21-year-old woman from Chapel Island, N.S., is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 104 in Richmond County, Cape Breton, according the the RCMP.

Police say a Chevy Cobalt left the road around 6 p.m. on Tuesday,near the community of Lower River Inhabitants.

The driver and lone occupant was ejected from the car and found dead at the scene.

RCMP say the crash is under investigationand according to evidence at the scene, alcohol may have been a factor.

The highway was closed for several hours while a police collision reconstructionist examined the scene. It hassince reopened.