Crash claims two lives on Highway 104
Posted Oct 13, 2019 12:57:00 PM.
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Yesterday evening around 7:35 p.m. Pictou County RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision in Barneys River Station.
Police say in a release that a transport truck heading West veered into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a Pontiac G6.
Two women in the car, a 51-year-old and a 74-year-old, both from Antigonish, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the transport truck was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP say the highway remains closed at this time with traffic being diverted to Highway 4 between Exits 26 and 29.
Police say their thoughts are with the family of the victims at this difficult time.
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