{"id":46487,"date":"2024-06-30T15:28:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=46487"},"modified":"2024-06-30T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:28:41","slug":"multiple-vehicle-collision-results-in-serious-injuries-alleged-impaired-driving-charges-for-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=46487","title":{"rendered":"Multiple-vehicle collision results in serious injuries; alleged impaired driving charges for man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M<strong>OUNT UNIACKE: <\/strong>A 75-year-old Scotch Village man is facing alleged impaired driving charges following a three-vehicle collision on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Preston Burns with East Hants RCMP said that at approximately 10:45 a.m., officers form East Hants responded to the serious collision on Highway 1 in Mount Uniacke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn total there were three vehicles and six people involved,\u201d said Const. Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a later release from N.S. RCMP, they said their initial investigation suggests that a Mazda CX-5 was stopped in the westbound lane of Hwy. 1, waiting to turn left onto Richard John Dr.. It was then struck from behind by a Dodge Ram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mazda was pushed into the opposing lane, where it collided head-on with a Chevrolet Silverado travelling eastbound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Police said the driver of the Mazda, a 72-year-old woman from Lower Sackville, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The two youth passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the Chevrolet, a 55-year-old man from East Uniacke, was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The passenger of the Dodge Ram, a 64-year-old woman from Scotch Village, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;67&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers noted that the driver of the Dodge Ram, a 75-year-old man from Scotch Village, was displaying signs of impairment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a demand was made by officers for a sample of the man\u2019s breath, he refused and was arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Russell Harvey has been charged with the following offences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Impaired Operation of a Conveyance Causing Bodily Harm (2 counts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refusal to Comply with Demand (2 counts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obstruct a Peace Officer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was remanded into custody and was scheduled to appear in Shubenacadie Provincial Court on June 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road was closed for a number of hours as a collision reconstructionist attended the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. 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Preston Burns with East Hants RCMP said that at approximately 10:45 a.m., officers form East Hants responded to the serious collision on Highway 1 in Mount Uniacke. \u201cIn total there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12,957],"tags":[1581,1582,2991,315,14,6964],"class_list":["post-46487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","category-news","tag-east-hants-rcmp","tag-east-hnats","tag-imapired-driving","tag-mount-uniacke","tag-rcmp","tag-scotch-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}