HALIFAX – A man is dead and three people are injured after a truck left the road near Crooked Lake, N.S. Wednesday evening.
Police responded to the collision on Highway 12 at 6:44 p.m. after a passing motorist reported that a truck had left the road and was in a ditch.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Three people were treated on scene for unknown injuries.
"Other occupants of the vehicle are being treated by EHS on scene with unspecified injuries," the RCMP said in a news release. "Road conditions were reported to be snow covered at the time."
A collision re-constructionist was called to the scene and the investigation is ongoing. The highway was closed for the evening. It has since reopened.