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1 dead after fatal single-vehicle crash in Newport Corner, N.S.

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. The Canadian Press

A 28-year-old woman is dead after a single motor-vehicle crash in Newport Corner, N.S., on Wednesday, RCMP say.

At approximately 5 p.m., Nova Scotia RCMP officers, EHS and fire services responded to the crash near civic marker 170 on Highway 215.

First responders located a small passenger vehicle overturned on the side of the road.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 28-year-old woman from Porters Lake, N.S., was pronounced dead at the scene.

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An RCMP collision analyst attended the scene and the highway remained closed until late in the evening.

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It has since reopened.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.

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