An 86-year-old woman has died and a 70-year-old man is in hospital following a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Cedar Road near Maitland, N.S., on Saturday morning.
According to a release from the RCMP, emergency services responded to a report of the collision at around 11:00 a.m., after a car veered off the roadway into a wooded area.
“The driver, a 70-year-old Conrod Settlement man, was transported to hospital by EHS with apparent serious injury,” the release said, “The only passenger, an 86-year-old woman, also of Conrod Settlement, was transported to hospital by EHS. She died later that day.”
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The East Hants District RCMP said the investigation is ongoing.
“Our thoughts are with the victim’s family at this difficult time,” police said.
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