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Dukes of Nova Scotia: General Lee look-alike flies and crashes in Halifax

A car that looks curiously like the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard left the road on August 28, 2017. Courtesy of Shannon Melnick

A collision on Nova Scotia Highway 102 on Monday had the province’s residents wondering if the Dukes of Hazzard had paid a visit to the Maritimes.

According to the RCMP, a car that looked incredibly similar to the General Lee, the iconic vehicle from the action-comedy television series, was involved in a single-vehicle collision at 2:41 p.m.

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“A 1969 Dodge Charger left the road and came to rest on the rock embankment,” wrote Cpl. Dal Hutchinson, a spokesperson for the RCMP, in a statement.

A 45-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident.

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The man’s name was not released by police.

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Police say that they’re continuing to investigate the incident and are looking into whether alcohol or speed may have been contributing factors in the collision.

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