3 dead, 4 injured after separate crashes on Highway 4

Nova Scotia RCMP saythree people are dead following two separatecrashes on Highway 4Thursday afternoon and early Friday.

Richmond County police responded to a report of a single-vehicle motorcycle crasheast of St. Peter's, near Lynche River in Cape Breton, at around 2:40 p.m. Thursday.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 62-year-old Sydney man, was pronounced dead after being brought to the hospital.

Police saidhe was travelling east on Highway 4 when his vehicle went off the road.

2 dead in Antigonish-area crash

At 12:05 a.m. Friday, Antigonish County RCMP responded to reports of a collision between a Honda Pilot and a Dodge Caravan in Lower South Rivernear the 400 block of Highway4.

The 41-year-old driver of the Caravan, a woman from Antigonish,was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, while the sole occupant of the Pilot, a 58-year-old woman from Afton, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Four passengers of the Caravan were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

RCMP said investigations into both crashes areongoing.

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