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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Halifax responded to a call of an accident on Highway 2 on Friday.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Guy Leblanc
Posted at 5:31 p.m. EDT
Police in Nova Scotia are investigating two fatal collisions that occurred Friday and Saturday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Halifax say they responded to a call reporting an accident on Highway 2, which connects Halifax to Fort Lawrenceon the New Brunswick border, Friday evening.
Around 8:30 p.m., a 30-year-old man who was driving a dirt bike went off the road which cost him his life. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident.
A few hours later, around 1:30 a.m., Cape Breton officers said they responded to a call about a single vehicle going off the road on Highway 19 in the county ofInverness.
There RCMP of Inverness County said initial investigations suggest a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was heading north when it left the roadway.
Police said the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 32-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Both investigations are continuing to determine the causes and circumstances of these two tragic events.
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