**** RCMP Media Release
RCMP investigates fatal crash in Upper Tantallon
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Upper Tantallon.
Yesterday, at approximately 9:25 a.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment, fire, and EHS, responded to a report of a vehicle crash on Hwy. 103, near Exit 5.
RCMP officers learned that a Toyota Matrix was travelling westbound when it left the roadway and entered the ditch.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 47-year-old woman from Dalhousie Junction, New Brunswick, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the location of the crash; the investigation is ongoing.
A section of Hwy. 103 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
