RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment investigating fatal crash

June 15, 2024
Wellington, Nova Scotia

News release

RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Hwy. 2 in Wellington.

Yesterday, at approximately 8:38 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment, EHS, and fire, responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Hwy. 2 in Wellington. Upon arrival, RCMP officers learned that a dirt bike had been travelling northbound on Hwy. 2 when it left the road and crashed.

The driver, and sole rider of the dirt bike, a 30-year-old Lr. Sackville man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.

Hwy. 2 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

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

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Contact information

Brianna LeBlanc
Strategic Communications Unit
Nova Scotia RCMP
rcmpns-grcne@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

File number: 2024-80016

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