Two people are dead after two vehicles collided in Lower South River, N.S., shortly after midnight.
Antigonish County District RCMP, fire services and EHS responded to the collision around 12:05 a.m. Friday on Highway 4, near the 4000 block.
A Dodge Caravan carrying five people and a Honda Pilot travelling in the opposite direction collided head-on, RCMP said in a news release.
The driver of the van, a 41-year-old Antigonish woman, died in hospital after being transported by EHS.
The driver of the Honda pilot, a 58-year-old Afton woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Four passengers in the van were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
An RCMP reconstructionist attended the scene. Highway 4 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
The investigation is ongoing.
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