A man died last Thursday when his pickup truck left Highway 2 east of Lansdowne and struck a culvert, then a tree.

Leeds County OPP said the crash happened just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 6.

The man's truck was travelling eastbound on Highway 2 when it left the roadway, entered the north ditch, and then struck a culvert and a tree.

The driver of the truck, Richard Morton, 36 of Front of Leeds and Lansdowne Township, was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was the only occupant of the truck. The OPP investigation continues.