A Cheticamp man is dead as a result of a motorcycle collision on the Cabot Trail.
Inverness District RCMP say they responded to a call around 5 p.m. on Saturday about a collision involving two motorcycles in Grand Étang.
A 72-year-old man from Chéticamp was pronounced dead at the scene.
RCMP say the rider of the other motorcycle, a 67-year-old man from Oyster Pond, Halifax County was transported by EHS to the Sacred Heart Community Health Centre in Chéticamp and later transferred to the QEII in Halifax with serious injuries.
The highway was closed for several hours while an RCMP Collision Analyst attended the scene.
The investigation is continuing.