Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision that occurred in East Preston.
On May 13, at approximately 3:30 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment, fire services, and EHS, responded to a report of a collision near the 2280 block of Hwy. 7. RCMP officers learned that a Honda Civic was travelling on the roadway when it struck a youth pedestrian that suddenly attempted to cross the roadway. The youth had been walking on the side of the road with a second youth moments prior to the impact.
The youth pedestrian suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital by EHS.
The driver of the Civic, a 48-year-old Lake Echo man, did not suffer physical injuries.
File #: 25-67025