RCMP on scene of collision

August 9, 2018
Kolbec, Nova Scotia

News release

At 6:40 a.m. this morning, Cumberland District RCMP received a 911 call of a collision involving a car and a tractor trailer on the Kolbec Rd. in Kolbec.

As a result of the collision, the driver of the car has been transported by EHS LifeFlight to the QEII in Halifax with serious injuries. A passenger in the car and the driver of the tractor trailer have been transported by EHS to the Cumberland Regional Health Centre with undetermined injuries.

As a result of a collision, a detour is currently in place. Traffic travelling into Oxford on the Kolbec Rd. (Hwy 301) will be detoured at the intersection of Kolbec Rd. and Dickson Rd. to Mt. Pleasant Rd. back to Kolbec Rd.

Traffic travelling from Oxford on the Kolbec Rd. (Hwy 301) will be detoured at the intersection of Kolbec Rd. and Mt Pleasant Rd.to the Dickson Rd. back to Kolbec Rd.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Contact information

Cpl. Dal Hutchinson
Media Relations Officer
Nova Scotia RCMP
Cell: 902-830-5695
Email: dal.hutchinson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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