Child among 3 people dead following separate collisions in Kings County

CITYnews halifax / By Chris Halef

Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating two fatal crashes that took place on Highway 101 over the weekend.

The first took place on Saturday morning in Wolfville as emergency crews responded to a five-vehicle collision.

Police said a transport truck was heading eastbound and struck four vehicles that were stopped for construction on the highway.

According to RCMP, two occupants of a black GMC Acadia, a 62-year old woman and a child, both of East Kingston, were found dead at the scene while a third occupant, a 40-year-old woman, was transported to hospital via LifeFlight with life threatening injuries.

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The second collision took place Sunday afternoon in Berwick where a Dodge Journey was driving westbound and a Ford F150 was travelling eastbound when they collided.

Mounties said the driver and sole occupant of the Dodge Journey, a 38-year-old man of Middleton, was pronounced dead at the scene while the 49-year-old driver and 19-year-old passenger of the F150, both of Greenwood, were transported to hospital by EHS with non-life threatening injuries.

Police said the investigations into both crashes are ongoing.