Multi-vehicle collision in Highway

Collision occurred in construction zone in Yarmouth County

A five-vehicle collision took place on Highway 103 in Yarmouth County on Monday, April 9.

“We’re glad to report that there were no fatalities as a result of this collision,” said RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke.

At 4: 03 p. m. the Yarmouth Rural RCMP responded to the collision that occurred in a construction zone area of Eel Lake/ Belleville.

“The matter is under investigation,” Cpl. Clarke said following the accident.

“Several people were injured and were transported to hospital as a result of this collision,” she said. The people transported to hospital had varying levels of injury. Cpl. Clarke couldn’t say for certain how many people were transported.

There was extensive damage to some vehicles.

According to the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure the work on Highway 103 in Yarmouth County is “an intersection improvement project,” focusing on a concrete island and lighting. The department says work is scheduled to be complete this spring.

None of the construction workers who were present at the scene were injured at the time of the collision, the RCMP said.

The RCMP were on scene for approximately two- and- a- half hours. Highway 103 was closed during that time as police worked to determine the sequence of events that led to the collision. Present on the scene to attend to the injured, and/or to investigate the incident, were RCMP members from Yarmouth town and rural detachments, EHS and volunteer fire departments.