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Teen killed in single-vehicle crash in Hammonds Plains, N.S.

By Rebecca Lau Global News

Posted October 13, 2017 10:48 am

Updated October 13, 2017 1:26 pm

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A 17-year-old boy from Hammonds Plains has been killed in a single-vehicle crash on Friday.

.@RCMPNS investigators currently processing the scene of a fatal accident in #HammondsPlains for evidence @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/MDIJHfIWuf

— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) October 13, 2017

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: .<a href="https://twitter.com/RCMPNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RCMPNS</a> investigators currently processing the scene of a fatal accident in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HammondsPlains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HammondsPlains</a> for evidence <a href="https://twitter.com/globalhalifax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@globalhalifax</a> <a href="https://t.co/MDIJHfIWuf">pic.twitter.com/MDIJHfIWuf</a></p><p>— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) <a href="https://twitter.com/NatashaPace/status/918876179087745025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a>

RCMP say the teen was a passenger in the vehicle, which lost control and overturned in a ditch on Rochester Drive.

Global News has confirmed the victim was a Grade 12 student at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford.

The driver, also a 17-year-old boy, was arrested at the scene for dangerous driving but has not been charged. He is being treated for minor injuries in hospital.

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RCMP say they are looking into what may have caused the fatal crash, including if speed was a factor and if seat belts were used.

Police have a section of the road blocked off as they investigate and plan to hold the scene for much of the day.

Police are laying evidence markers and photographing the area where the vehicle crashed in #HammondsPlains #NS @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/nOI2SfCXX6

— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) October 13, 2017

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: Police are laying evidence markers and photographing the area where the vehicle crashed in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HammondsPlains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HammondsPlains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/globalhalifax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@globalhalifax</a> <a href="https://t.co/nOI2SfCXX6">pic.twitter.com/nOI2SfCXX6</a></p><p>— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) <a href="https://twitter.com/NatashaPace/status/918877169845198848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2017</a>