One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash north of Bancroft, Ont.

Emergency crews responded to the collision on Highway 62 near South Baptist Lake Road in Hastings Highlands just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Ontario Provincial Police say officers received reports that the vehicle had left the roadway.

The driver of the car died of his injuries in hospital, according to police.

Officers from the OPP Bancroft Detachment and OPP technical collision investigators are investigating the crash.

Bancroft is located 220 km west of downtown Ottawa.