Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia man killed in Highway 103 collision in East Chester

RCMP are investigating a collision that killed a 51-year-old Hammonds Plains man in East Chester on Friday morning. 

Pickup truck, tractor-trailer were engulfed in flames when emergency crews arrived

A close-up of the side of an RCMP vehicle.
RCMP are investigating a head-on crash that killed a 51-year-old Hammonds Plains man in East Chester, N.S., on Friday morning. (David Bell/CBC)

A man is dead after a collision Friday morning on Highway 103 on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

Emergency crews responded at 11:05 a.m. to a report of a head-on crash in East Chester involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer, RCMP said in a news release Friday.

Both vehicles were engulfed in flames when they arrived, the release said.

A 51-year-old man from Hammonds Plains, N.S., the driver and sole occupant of the pickup, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the tractor-trailer and a passenger were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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