RCMP are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that claimed three lives in Nova Scotia’s Antigonish County.
Police say they responded to the collision shortly before 4 p.m., on Highway 104 in the community of Dagger Woods, N.S.
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Police say that as a result of the collision a 67-year-old woman and a 36-year-old woman, who were travelling in a 2006 Honda Civic, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two occupants of the second vehicle, a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, were transported to by EHS to St. Marta’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish.
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One of the occupants, a 60-year-old woman, later died at the hospital. The other occupant remains in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
One of two occupants in the third vehicle, a 2013 Ford F-150, was transported to hospital with minor injuries.
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A RCMP collision analyst attended the scene to assist with the investigation.
As a result of the crash, Highway 104 was closed until approximately 10 p.m., with traffic being detoured on to the Dagger Woods Road.
The Mounties say their investigation is ongoing.
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