East Hants District RCMP is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on the Cedar Rd. near Maitland.
Yesterday morning, at approximately 11:10 a.m., East Hants District RCMP, fire and EHS responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Cedar Rd. where a car veered off the roadway into a wooded area.
The driver, a 70-year-old Conrod Settlement man, was transported to hospital by EHS with apparent serious injury. The only passenger, an 86-year-old woman, also of Conrod Settlement, was transported to hospital by EHS. She died later that day in hospital.
A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.
Our thoughts are with the victim's family at this difficult time.
File #: 2023-533314