The driver of a car was taken to hospital in Halifax and a passenger was also seriously injured after a collision with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 4 and Beech Hill Road in Antigonish.&nbsp;

RCMP&nbsp;Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries.&nbsp;

The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. The road was closed for about six hours as RCMP traffic analysts examined the area.&nbsp;

It was the second crash in a week at the same intersection. A&nbsp;

 after the car he was in collided with a logging truck on Monday.

RCMP said the man had stopped at the intersection before&nbsp;pulling out&nbsp;onto the highway where he was struck by the eastbound truck. The truck also hit&nbsp;a second car that was in the intersection.

The people in the other vehicles were not hurt.

The intersection is a problem area that trucker Wesley Lirette&nbsp;said he avoids&nbsp;if he can. He'd like to see&nbsp;the province install a set of lights.&nbsp;

As recently as Wednesday, Lirette had to slam on the brakes while driving west along the highway when two vehicles stopped on opposite sides of Beech Hill Road decided to pull out and cross in front of him at the last minute.

As he was heading down the hill, there were only a few truck lengths between him and the cars.&nbsp;

"I just couldn't believe what happened, so fresh off the [Monday] accident," he said.&nbsp;

"It's scary. They're putting their lives in a lot of factors: my reaction time, my equipment."

Lirette, who is from Amherst and spends 12-14 hours a day driving through northern Nova Scotia, worries that when he hits the brakes&nbsp;hard, something could fail in his truck and he wouldn't be able to stop in time.&nbsp;

"Everybody is in a hurry all the time ... It just seems that people see a truck going, [they think] that truck is slow, going to slow me down. So I've got to get out in front of him at all costs," he said.

&nbsp;"[They're] putting their lives in the hands of not just me, but my equipment and their equipment."&nbsp;&nbsp;

A tough commute renews debate around winter tires for transport trucks

The great winter tire debate has come to the transport truck industry. A blast of winter weather last week drove the big rigs off the road, prevented them from climbing hills and added to traffic delays that impacted thousands of motorists in and around Halifax.

A transport truck drives on a snowy road. 

It is not mandatory for transport trucks to have winter tires, according to Jean-Marc Picard, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association.

Transport truck on slightly snowy road 

It is not mandatory for transport trucks to have winter tires in Nova Scotia.

This 'underwhelming' roadside Christmas tree has delighted commuters for decades

If you’ve driven on Highway 102 in Bedford, N.S., around the holidays over the last few decades, chances are you’ve spotted an endearingly unamazing fir tree dotted with colourful lights.

Ed McHugh stands with his tree "Charlie," located just past the on-ramp from Hammonds Plains Road on a cliff overlooking the in the northbound lanes of Highway 102.

Ed McHugh Tree

Ed McHugh stands with his tree, Charlie, located just past the on-ramp from Hammonds Plains Road on a cliff overlooking the in the northbound lanes of Highway 102.

Phone line created for patients to report sexual complaints against doctors

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has set up a confidential phone line for patients to report sexual misconduct allegations against doctors.

Dr. Gus Grant says people can talk through their situation with a social worker before deciding if they want to file a formal complaint of sexual-misconduct against a physician. 

Dr. Gus Grant

Dr. Gus Grant says people can discuss their situation with a social worker before deciding if they want to file a formal complaint of sexual-misconduct against a physician. 

Man and woman charged after handgun seized around Argyle Street

Halifax Regional Police say they intervened in a fight involving several people and arrested a man and a woman, both 22.

Flashing lights atop a police cruiser are pictured.

Police say two men are facing drug charges after officers noticed them behaving suspiciously on Wednesday night.

Police flashing lights

'A really positive thing': Wider prescription range for pharmacists applauded

Sexual health experts are calling changes to pharmacists' scope of practice in Nova Scotia a step in the right direction, but say they'd like to know more about what's involved.

A person holds a bottle of pills as they speak to another person.

The pharmacist who launched the complaint to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal did get a second opinion when he balked at abstinence as having no scientific basis as successful. That doctor agreed.

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Under new regulations that came into effect Dec. 1, pharmacists can write prescriptions for birth control, routine bladder infections and shingles.

Emergency responders were called for two serious crashes at the same Antigonish intersection in the past week. 

'It's scary': 2nd crash at Antigonish intersection within a week leaves 3 hurt

Problem intersection for trucker

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