Four killed, two others injured in Highway 103 crash

CITYnews halifax \ By Dan Ahlstrand

According to police, the crash happened on Highway 103 between exits 11 and 12 in Maitland Saturday evening around 5 o’clock.  Investigators say a Ford Escape heading west crossed the highway’s centre line and collided head-on with an eastbound Toyota Tacoma.  Moments later, a Honda Civic heading east crashed into the Toyota.

Police say a 71-year-old Bridgewater man driving the Escape and two 66-year-old women, one from Hebbville and the second from Bridgewater, died in the crash.  A 31-year-old man from Chester Basin, the lone occupant of the Toyota, was also killed.  Two people who were in the Civic were taken to hospital for treatment of what are described as minor injuries.

Highway 103 was closed for several hours in the Maitland area Saturday after the crash but has since re-opened.