68-year-old Truro woman dead in weekend collision

A 68-year-old woman from Truro is dead after a collision Sunday near Tatamagouche, N.S.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday that around 2 p.m., police, fire, and Emergency Health Services, were called to a collision on Hwy. 326 in the small community of Denmark.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, said police.

RCMP said the woman was a passenger in a silver Toyota Corolla, travelling north, that collided with a silver Honda Civic travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the Corolla, a 68-year-old Truro man, was airlifted to hospital and suffered serious injuries, police said.

The driver of the Civic, a 59-year-old man, sustained minor injuries. A 22-year-old female passenger was uninjured.

RCMP said a collision reconstructionist visited the crash site and that an investigation is ongoing.

The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

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