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Driver seriously injured after fleeing from police, crashing car: N.S. RCMP

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The RCMP says it is investigating a crash following an attempted traffic stop near Liverpool, N.S., early Saturday morning.

Officers were conducting a traffic enforcement on Milton Road in Milton around 1 a.m. when they saw a Volkswagen Golf approach the police checkpoint.

Police say the driver made “an abrupt U-turn” and headed north on Highway 8.

One of the officers left the checkpoint to attempt a traffic stop.

Police say the car left the road and ended up on its roof.

The driver suffered life-threatening injuries. The 24-year-old Sable River man was taken to hospital by EHS.

The passenger, a 25-year-old woman from East Green Harbour, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A section of Highway 8 was closed for several hours as a collision reconstructionist attended the scene. It reopened around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

For more Nova Scotia news visit our dedicated provincial page.

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