Driver on Highway 101 dies after car crosses median, traffic, catches fire in field
Drivers on a twinned section of Highway 101 near Hantsport, N.S., encountered a harrowing scene just after 8:00 a.m. Wednesday.
RCMP say a small car travelling eastbound crossed the median, over both westbound lanes and landed in a field where it caught fire.
RCMP Cpl. Mark Skinner said it was a single-vehicle accident. The victim, believed to be a woman, died on scene.
"It was quite a bad scene," he said.
The westbound lanes of Highway 101 between exits 8 and 8A are expected to be closed for several hours for collision reconstruction analysis.
