{"id":9520,"date":"2025-12-07T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2025-12-07T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:25:39","slug":"84-year-old-man-dies-in-highway-103-collision-in-port-mouton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/12\/07\/84-year-old-man-dies-in-highway-103-collision-in-port-mouton\/","title":{"rendered":"84-year-old man dies in Highway 103 collision in Port Mouton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6356\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6356\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rcmpcruiser.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(File photo via RCMP NS Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RCMP are investigating a fatal car crash in Port Mouton on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Queens District RCMP, EHS and fire services responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 103 at 9:16 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>An eastbound Mazda 3 and a westbound International truck collided on the highway.<\/p>\n<p>An 84-year-old man who was the driver and lone occupant of the Mazda died at the scene, RCMP said in a news release on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-0ld driver and lone occupant of the truck was taken to hospital with non-fatal injuries. RCMP did not provide an update on his condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">An RCMP collision reconstructionist was at the scene, and the highway was closed for several hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police are asking anyone with information on the crash, including dashcam footage, to contact Queens District RCMP at 902-354-5721. Or anonymous tips can be given to Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477, online at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765203381917000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2VhEXN7zmkufFLhFqjoq38\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a> or by using the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCMP are investigating a fatal car crash in Port Mouton on Thursday. Queens District RCMP, EHS and fire services responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 103 at 9:16 a.m. An eastbound Mazda 3 and a westbound International truck collided on the highway. An 84-year-old man who was the driver and lone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[3625,3627,177,3626,1564,2136,1053,49,1583,592],"class_list":["post-9520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-fatal-car-crash","tag-highway","tag-highway-103","tag-highway-safety","tag-motor-vehicle-crash","tag-mva","tag-port-mouton","tag-queens-county","tag-queens-district-rcmp","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9520"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9524,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9520\/revisions\/9524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}