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Pictou County District RCMP investigating fatal crash
Pictou County District RCMP is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Green Hill.
On February 1, 2024, at approximately 10:22 a.m., Pictou County District RCMP, fire and EHS responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Greenhill Rd. Upon arrival at the scene, RCMP officers learned that a Black 2011 Kia Rio was travelling on Greenhill Rd. when it left the roadway and came to a rest on its roof in the ditch.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 62-year-old Westville man was pronounced deceased on scene.
An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene, Greenhill Rd. was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
The investigation remains ongoing and is being assisted by the Medical Examiner Service.
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Police lay impaired driving charges
Halifax Regional Police has charged the driver of a Halifax Transit bus in relation to a motor vehicle crash last night.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. officers responded to a single vehicle crash at Long Lake Drive in Halifax. A Halifax Transit bus operator had driven a bus into a ditch while trying to turn the bus. There were no passengers on the bus at the time. Officers detected signs of impairment from the driver and demanded a roadside screen test, which the driver failed. The driver was arrested, and officers seized alcohol containers before taking the driver for an evidentiary breath test.
The driver, a 64-year-old man, is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court at a later date to face charges of operating a conveyance while impaired and operating a conveyance with over 80 mg% of alcohol in the blood.
