RCMP investigates fatal crash in East Hants

RCMP cruiser can be seen in this file photo. (CityNews Halifax/ Meghan Groff)

By Mark Hodgins

Posted Sep 8, 2025 04:29:54 PM.

Last Updated Sep 9, 2025 11:11:48 AM.

The RCMP says a 79-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in East Hants over the weekend.

According to police, emergency crews were called to the crash on Saturday at about 9:40 a.m. on Highway 215 in Selma.

“Responding officers located a Nissan Rogue that appeared to have gone off the road into a ditch and hit a culvert,” read a media release from the RCMP. “The driver and only occupant, a 79-year-old man from Maitland, was pronounced deceased at the scene.”

Police say the investigation into the crash is ongoing and a collision reconstructionist attended the scene.

The highway was closed for a period of time but has since reopened.

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