5 dead, 1 critically injured after Highway 101 crash near Falmouth

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· Posted: May 11, 2025 1:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

RCMP accidental 5 radical are dormant and 1 idiosyncratic is successful captious condition after a clang Saturday nighttime connected Highway 101 successful Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.

Staff Sgt. Maj. Deepak Prasad said 2 vehicles were travelling eastbound adjacent Falmouth on a twinned conception of the road betwixt exits 7 and 8 erstwhile they collided astir 11:12 p.m. AT.

Prasad said the 2 people in a Honda Civic died — a 43-year-old antheral and a 45-year-old woman — both from Falmouth.

He said 3 radical successful the Nissan Sentra died. A 45-year-old pistillate from Oxford, N.S., and a 58-year-old antheral from Nappan, N.S., were declared dormant astatine the scene. A 50-year-old antheral rider from Oxford was taken to infirmary and aboriginal declared dead.

Prasad said a 29-year-old antheral rider from B.C. was airlifted to infirmary and is successful captious condition.

It's unclear what led to the crash.

Prasad said constabulary are asking for witnesses who haven't spoken to them oregon radical with dashcam footage to travel forward. The West Hants RCMP detachment tin beryllium reached astatine 902-798-2207.

The eastbound lanes successful the country wherever closed for respective hours aft the accident, but person since reopened.