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RCMP Investigate Fatal Nova Scotia Crash Involving Wrong-Way Driver

Police seek public assistance and await toxicology results as they probe a collision on Highway 101 that claimed five lives and left one critically injured.

RCMP collision reconstruction officers on Sunday morning at the scene of the crash.

Overview

  • A blue Honda Civic, reported for suspected impaired driving hours earlier, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 101 near Falmouth when it collided head-on with a Nissan Sentra on May 11.
  • The crash resulted in five fatalities, including the driver and passenger of the Civic and three occupants of the Sentra; a fourth Sentra passenger remains in critical condition.
  • RCMP are requesting dashcam footage and eyewitness accounts to determine the Civic's movements between the initial impaired driving report at 7:20 p.m. and the crash at 11:12 p.m.
  • Investigators are awaiting toxicology results for the deceased Civic driver to establish whether impairment was a factor in the collision.
  • First responders and local agencies are providing counseling and support to those affected by what is considered the region's deadliest highway crash in decades.