One man killed after head-on collision on Highway 104: Nova Scotia RCMP

Nova Scotia RCMP say one man is dead after a head-on collision on Highway 104.

Police say they responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at the eastbound side of the highway near Exit 2 at 5:25 p.m.

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RCMP, local fire departments and EHS attended the scene and found a 75-year-old man dead in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that collided head-on with a tractor trailer.

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Traffic on the eastbound side of the highway was closed for a period of time.

No one else was injured in the collision.

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