RCMP investigating after single-vehicle collision sends driver to hospital

Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating a single-vehicle collision that resulted in the driver being transported to hospital with serious injuries.

Police say RCMP, along with multiple volunteer fire departments and EHS, responded to a collision on Beach Road in Ingonish, N.S., shortly after 3 a.m.

The lone occupant of a Honda Civic, a 28-year-old man from Dingwall, N.S., had been driving when the vehicle left the roadway and collided with trees.

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The 28-year-old was thrown from the vehicle and pinned beneath it.

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Mounties say he was extracted from the vehicle’s underside with the use of a Parks Canada backhoe, before being transported by EHS to hospital.

He was then airlifted to hospital in Halfiax by LifeFlight.

RCMP say the cause of the collision remains under investigation.