A head-on crash claimed the lives of two men Friday night in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County.
RCMP are investigating a two-vehicle collision that happened Friday night on Nova Scotia's Highway 101.
Police say that shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, an RCMP member patrolling Highway 101 between exits 17 and 18 discovered two vehicles in the ditch as a result of a collision.
"Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a seperate person, a witness, who was calling 911 as he arrived. So he happened on it moments after it had taken place," says Cpl. Dionne Canning of the Middleton RCMP.
The lone occupant of the westbound vehicle, a 42-year-old man from Cambridge, N.S, was pronounced dead at the scene. The lone occupant of the eastbound vehicle, a 57-year-old male from Mount Uniacke was extracted from his vehicle but later died from his injuries.
In nearby Middleton, the Mayor heard the emergency response.
"I was in bed and I heard sirens going in the night, I had no idea what it was, and then somebody told me this morning there had been a fairly serious car accident," says Sylvester Atkinson, Mayor of Middleton.
The police investigation was extensive. The preliminary investigation determined the collision was head-on. Accident reconstructionists and clean-up crews kept the highway closed overnight for 11.5 hours, before it reopened Saturday morning at about 10 a.m.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Ron Shaw.
