RIVER JOHN – A 50-year-old Pictou County man is dead following a head-on collision in River John.
Just past 6:20 p.m. Pictou County RCMP received were called to West Branch Road, also known as River John Station Road, in River John.
The driver and lone occupant of one vehicle was transported to Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, where he was pronounced dead.
The second vehicle contained three adults and a child; an adult female passenger suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
An RCMP collision analyst was on the scene and the investigation continues.
The West Branch Road was closed but re-opened early Sunday morning.
