RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment investigating fatal collision with train

March 10, 2024
Wellington, Nova Scotia

News release

RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment are investigating a fatal collision between a man and a passenger train near Wellington.

On March 9, 2024 at approximately 6:23 p.m., Lower Sackville RCMP Detachment, and emergency services, responded to a report of a person having been struck by an eastbound passenger train near Hwy. 2 in Wellington.

Officers located a 41-year-old male, from Fletchers Lake, who was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing and is being assisted by the Medical Examiner Service.

Our thoughts are with the man's family at this difficult time.

File #: 2024-31775

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Contact information

Brianna LeBlanc
Senior Communications Advisor
Nova Scotia RCMP
rcmpns-grcne@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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