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6 people taken to hospital after car goes off road in Pictou County: police

The vehicle, occupied by four females and two males, drove through a ditch and across a private property before coming to a rest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Six people were transported to the hospital, some with life-threatening injuries, after a single-vehicle crash in a Pictou County, N.S., community on Thursday night.

In a media release, police said they responded to a report of a crash on Gairloch Road in Union Centre at about 11:45 p.m., when they learned that a Kia Rio left the road, drove through a ditch and across a private property, and came to a rest in a tree line.

“The Rio was occupied by six people at the time of the crash, four females and two males,” police said.

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“All six suffered injuries, ranging from minor to life-threatening, and were transported to hospital.”

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A collision reconstructionist attended the scene of the incident and police say the investigation is ongoing.

Gairloch Road has reopened after being closed for several hours following the crash.

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