Four people are dead after a fatal head-on crash between a car and an SUV near Priestville, New York, that happened Sunday night.
The RCMP said in a news release that they received a call about the crash at 11:58 p.m., which happened in the eastbound lane of the divided highway.
The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 51-year-old man from Halifax, was pronounced dead at the scene. The SUV had four occupants, all men from Halifax. Three of the four men, aged 61, 55 and 51, have died.
The fourth man, 51, is in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
RCMP Sgt. Andrew Joyce said the car was going the wrong way.
“Police were at the scene for an extraordinary amount of time,” he said. “The road was closed for over 10 hours while they were collecting evidence.”
The road has since reopened.
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