Nova Scotia RCMP were searching for vehicle before deadly weekend crash
- Nova Scotia RCMP searched for a blue Honda Civic reported as a possible impaired driver before it collided on Highway 101 near Falmouth around 11:12 p.m. On May 10, 2025.
- The search followed a 7:20 p.m. Report placing the vehicle near a restaurant on Highway 1 close to the 11600 block in Grand Pre, but police could not locate it before the crash.
- Physical evidence shows the Civic was driving in the eastbound lanes against traffic and collided with a Nissan Sentra approximately 1.5 km from Exit 7 in a twinned highway area.
- The crash killed five people, including the Civic’s 43-year-old male driver and 45-year-old female passenger from Falmouth, and three occupants of the Sentra, while a 29-year-old BC man survived in critical condition.
- Police continue seeking public information on the vehicle’s whereabouts before the crash and note toxicology results may take time, as the medical examiner remains involved in the investigation.
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Vehicle was travelling against traffic before crash that killed 5 people: N.S. RCMP
Investigators believe a vehicle involved in a collision that left five people dead was travelling in the opposite direction of traffic on a Nova Scotia highway prior to the crash on Saturday night.

Nova Scotia RCMP were searching for vehicle before deadly weekend crash
HANTSPORT — Nova Scotia RCMP were searching for a possible impaired driver in a vehicle that was involved hours later in a highway collision that killed five people over the weekend, police confirmed Monday. RCMP Cpl.


CP Nova Scotia RCMP were searching for vehicle before deadly weekend crash
Nova Scotia RCMP say they were searching for a possible impaired driver, hours before a collision that killed five people. Police say the vehicle was the same blue Honda Civic that crashed Saturday evening on Highway 101 near Falmouth, N.S.
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