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Multi-vehicle crash in N.S. sends pick-up truck into home, dump truck on side

A multi-vehicle collision in Dutch Settlment ,N.S. sent a brand new truck into a home. Reynold Gregor/ Global News

Halifax-area RCMP are on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash that sent a truck halfway into a house and left a dump truck laying on its side.

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Police say the crash happened at around 3 p.m. on Monday on Highway 277 in Dutch Settlement.

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The accident on the two-lane highway involved a dump truck, a half-tonne truck hauling a trailer, and a parked half-tonne truck.

“Two people were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” said RCMP Cpl. Dal Hutchinson.

The collision happened on Highway 277 at around 3 p.m. Reynold Gregor/ Global News

The homeowner, who did not want to give his name, told Global News he had just gone into his house from working outside when he heard a loud noise. He came out to see his brand new truck wedged into his home.

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He says he helped the driver of the dump truck get out, and that the man was not injured.

Hutchinson says the Department of Transportation was called in to set up a detour on the road as investigators surveyed the scene.

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