CHATHAM, Ont. - One person has died after an early morning crash on Highway 40 in Chatham-Kent.

Provincial police say a vehicle carrying two people was on the highway close to 3 a.m. when it left the road and rolled before coming to rest in a ditch.

Police say one person was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

The second person in the car was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police are investigating.