Two dead after crash on Highway 103

By News Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2011 09:16:15 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

RCMP say two people are dead after a head-on crash in fog and rain on Highway 103 near Chester.

Police say two cars collided on Saturday around 2:40 p.m., resulting in the two fatalities and sending one man to hospital in critical condition.

A 21-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene.

No names have been released.

Police are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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