N.S. woman dies following motorcycle crash in Stewiacke: RCMP

An RCMP detachment can be seen in this file photo. (David Prisciak/CTV News)

A Nova Scotia woman has died following a motorcycle crash in Stewiacke Wednesday.

Colchester County District RCMP responded to a report of a crash on Highway 2, between Main Street and George Street, around 9:30 p.m.

“Officers learned that the motorcycle was travelling on the highway when it left the roadway and went into the ditch,” reads a news release from the Nova Scotia RCMP.

Police say a rider, a 46-year-old Salmon River woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a 61-year-old man from Shubenacadie East, was taken to hospital by ambulance with what police describe as life-threatening injuries.

The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

The investigation is ongoing.

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