Update: Kings District RCMP charges man with multiple offences following fatal collision
Kings District RCMP has charged a man with a total of ten offences following an investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in October 2024, RCMP investigates two fatal collisions on Highway 101 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
On October 12 at approximately 8:26 a.m., Kings District RCMP, fire, and EHS responded to a five-vehicle collision on Highway 101 in Wolfville. Two occupants of a black GMC Acadia, a 62-year-old woman and a child, both of East Kingston, were located deceased at the scene. A third occupant of that same vehicle, a 40-year-old woman, was transported via EHS LifeFlight with life threatening injuries.
On May 16, Kings District RCMP safely arrested Jeffery Doyle, 52, of Kentville. He is charged with Criminal Negligence Causing Death (two counts), Criminal Negligence Causing Bodily Harm (three counts), and Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance (five counts).
Doyle was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in Kentville Provincial Court on July 9 at 9:30 a.m.
An RCMP collision reconstructionist and RCMP Forensic Identification Services (FIS) supported the investigation that led to these charges.
-RCMP investigates fatal crash in Pubnico
Yarmouth Town RCMP is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Pubnico.
On May 30, shortly after midnight, RCMP officers, fire services, and EHS, responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Hwy. 335 near Cross Rd. RCMP officers learned that a GMC Sierra was travelling on the road when it left the roadway and came to rest in the ditch.
The driver, an 18-year-old man from West Pubnico, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The passenger, a 21-year-old man from Lower West Pubnico, suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital by EHS.
A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.
The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
