Pictou County District RCMP responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision this evening.
Just after 6:20 p.m. today, RCMP responded to a head-on motor vehicle collision on West Branch Rd. (also known as River John Station Rd.) in River John.
The driver and lone occupant of one vehicle, a 50-year-old man from Pictou County, was transported to hospital in New Glasgow, where he was pronounced deceased. The second vehicle contained 3 adults and a child. An adult female passenger in that vehicle suffered serious non-life threatening injuries.
An RCMP collision analyst is on the scene and the investigation is continuing. West Branch Rd. is currently closed between Roger Rd. and Brook Rd. and is expected to stay closed until 5:00 a.m.
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