'The Nova Scotia RCMP would like to remind motorists that emergency vehicles, whether a police, fire, EHS or other emergency vehicle, have the right of way when its flashing lights have been activated'
Two officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were injured in separate incidents where two police vehicles figured in two collisions that happened on consecutive days.
On Friday, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Lunenburg District RCMP was dispatched to a collision involving a marked RCMP vehicle and a Honda Civic on Hwy 103 just east of Exit 8. Both vehicles had been travelling eastbound.
The police vehicle had its emergency lights activated as the officer was in the process of initiating a traffic stop on a separate vehicle that the officer had observed travelling above the posted speed limit on Hwy. 103 westbound.
The officer, and lone occupant of the police vehicle, was transported to hospital by EHS with non-life threatening injuries and has since been released,m according to the police.
Meanwhile, the driver, and lone occupant of the Civic, was treated at the scene by EHS.
The following day, Saturday, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment officer was dispatched to a report of a collision between a vehicle and a deer on Highway 107 near Mineville. While the officer was investigating the initial collision, the fully marked police vehicle was struck from behind by a Honda CRV, according to the RCMP.
The officer immediately exited his vehicle and rescued the driver from the vehicle that collided with the police car.
Several officers and emergency responders arrived on the scene, and the officer and lone occupant of the police vehicle, was transported to hospital by EHS with non-life-threatening injuries. The officer has since been released.
Meanwhile, The driver and lone occupant of the Honda CRV, was also transported to hospital by EHS, the extent of injuries is unknown at this time.
The police are investigating both incidents.
“The Nova Scotia RCMP would like to remind motorists that emergency vehicles, whether a police, fire, EHS or other emergency vehicle, have the right of way when its flashing lights have been activated,” the police said in a statement. “And, if you see an emergency vehicle pulled over with its lights flashing, slow down to 60 km/h or obey the posted speed limit if it is lower than 60 km/h: Slow down, move over.”
