HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a collision between a car and a garbage truck that left a 19-year-old man seriously injured.

The team says the crash occurred Wednesday on Highway 4 after RCMP attempted to stop the man's car near Bible Hill.

It's alleged the car sped away and collided with a garbage truck several kilometres away, landing in a ditch.

The young man was taken to hospital in Halifax with what the team describes as very serious injuries.

The driver of the garbage truck was not hurt.

The team investigates serious incidents involving police in Nova Scotia.