Northeast RCMP Traffic Services – Cape Breton investigating fatal crash

Northeast RCMP Traffic Services - Cape Bretonis investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Hwy. 4 in Ben Eoin.

On May 25, 2023, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Northeast RCMP Traffic Services - Cape Breton, the Cape Breton Regional Police Service, fire and EHS, responded to a report of a vehicle collision on Hwy. 4 in Ben Eoin. RCMP officers learned that a grey Volkswagen Jetta had been travelling on Hwy. 4 when it left the road, struck a power pole and came to rest in the ditch.

The driver, a 19-year-old Lingan man, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

There were two passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The first, a 21-year-old Grand Mira woman, suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital by ambulance. The second, a 20-year-old Glace Bay man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was also transported to hospital by ambulance.

A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.

Hwy. 4 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

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

File #: 2023-722587