Three adults and four children were taken to hospital after two vehicles collided on Highway 104, near Whiteside, N.S., Sunday evening.
Both drivers suffered life-threatening injuries, and others suffered serious to life-threatening injuries, according to a Monday news release from the RCMP.
The RCMP’s initial investigation indicates a Volkswagen Golf travelling eastbound, and a Toyota van travelling westbound, collided head on.
RCMP and Emergency Health and Fire services responded at 5:49 p.m.
When they arrived at the scene, police say firefighters had to extract the driver of the Toyota van, a 42-year-old woman, from the vehicle. Her injuries were life-threatening, and EHS transported her to hospital.
Police say a 36-year-old man and four children, aged nine, seven, five and three, suffered “serious to life-threatening” injuries, and EHS transported them to hospital. Everyone in the van is from Halifax.
Firefighters also extracted a 28-year-old man from New Brunswick, the driver of the Volkswagen Golf. He suffered life-threatening injuries, and EHS transported him to hospital. A dog was found dead in the car.
The highway was closed for several hours, but reopened the next morning.
