A car veered onto the shoulder on Highway 111 before travelling across two lanes of traffic and slamming into a guardrail and a highway lamp post Tuesday, according to Halifax Regional Police.
After the collision, the post then fell into inner-most northbound lanes of the highway.
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The crash happened on Highway 111 prior to the Portland St. exit in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Police responded to the accident around 5:30 pm.
A 39-year-old man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash.