Deadly Nova Scotia highway crash sparks fatality probe
Monday, May 12, 2025, 2:21 pm
Nova Scotia authorities are investigating a tragic highway incident where a vehicle, travelling in the wrong direction—potentially under impaired conditions—collided and killed five people over the weekend. The RCMP are piecing together details to determine the crash’s full circumstances.
RCMP were already investigating a "possible impaired driver" involving a Honda Civic when it collided with another vehicle while travelling in the wrong direction.
HANTSPORT - Nova Scotia RCMP say they were searching for a possible impaired driver hours before the car was involved in a crash that killed five people over the weekend.
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