Collision Claims Three Lives. Two Youths and 71 Year Old Man From Utah.

On July 20 at approximately 5:10 a.m., Inverness County District RCMP, fire services, and EHS, responded to a report of a collision on Hwy. 19 in Mabou. RCMP officers learned that a Honda Civic and a Ford F-150 were travelling in opposite directions when they collided.

The occupants of the Honda Civic, two youths, both of Inverness County, were pronounced deceased at the scene.

A passenger in the F-150, a 71-year-old man of Utah, United States, suffered life threatening injuries. He was transported to hospital by EHS where he was pronounced deceased.

The other three occupants in the F-150, also of Utah, suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to hospital by EHS.

A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing, assisted by the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.

Hwy. 19 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

Source : RCMP Release