RCMP release:

Inverness County District RCMP is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Mabou.

On July 20 at approximately 5:10 a.m., Inverness County District RCMP, fire services, and EHS, responded to a report of a collision on Hwy. 19 in Mabou. RCMP officers learned that a Honda Civic and a Ford F-150 were travelling in opposite directions when they collided. 

The occupants of the Honda Civic, two youths, both of Inverness County, were pronounced deceased at the scene.

A passenger in the F-150, a 71-year-old man of Utah, United States, suffered life threatening injuries. He was transported to hospital by EHS where he was pronounced deceased.

The other three occupants in the F-150, also of Utah, suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to hospital by EHS.

A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing, assisted by the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.

Hwy. 19 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

Our thoughts are with the victims’ loved ones at this difficult time.