Overview

• The two-vehicle collision occurred just before 7 p.m. Friday near the 3000 block of Highway 28 in New Victoria.
• A 74-year-old woman from New Victoria who was driving one vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
• A 26-year-old male driver from Sydney was transported with life-threatening injuries and later died in hospital.
• A third occupant was taken to Cape Breton Regional Hospital in serious condition and was later airlifted to Halifax.
• Police reported one vehicle overturned in a ditch and the other on the roadway, and they are continuing a reconstruction and forensic investigation while withholding identities pending next-of-kin notification and seeking tips via the non-emergency line or Crime Stoppers.