RCMP investigates fatal crash in Upper Brookside, N.S.

Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in Upper Brookside, N.S., on Sunday.

Police say they responded to the collision on Highway 104 at approximately 9 a.m.

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They were able to determine that a truck carrying two adults had entered the ditch and collided with a tree.

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A 70-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man, both from East Hants, N.S., were transported to hospital.

The man was later pronounced dead. The woman has since been transported to the QEII Hospital in Halifax for further non-life threatening medical treatment.

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Police say that the Valley Kemptown Fire Department also responded to the scene.

The Mounties say their investigation is ongoing.