RCMP release:

Lunenburg District RCMP is investigating a two vehicle collision that occurred on Hwy. 103 in Lunenburg County.

On October 25, 2024, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Lunenburg District RCMP was dispatched to a collision involving a marked RCMP vehicle and a Honda Civic on Hwy 103 just east of Exit 8. Both vehicles had been travelling eastbound. The police vehicle had its emergency lights activated as the officer was in the process of initiating a traffic stop on a separate vehicle that the officer had observed travelling above the posted speed limit on Hwy. 103 westbound.

The officer, and lone occupant of the police vehicle, was transported to hospital by EHS with non-life threatening injuries and has since been released. The driver, and lone occupant of the Civic, was treated at the scene by EHS.

The investigation, which is being led by the Lunenburg District RCMP, is ongoing.

The Nova Scotia RCMP would like to remind motorists that emergency vehicles, whether a police, fire, EHS or other emergency vehicle, have the right of way when its flashing lights have been activated. And, if you see an emergency vehicle pulled over with its lights flashing, slow down to 60 km/h or obey the posted speed limit if it is lower than 60 km/h: Slow down, move over – Government of Nova Scotia, Canada.