N.S. news: RCMP car hit near Mineville on Saturday [Video]

The Nova Scotia RCMP says one of their vehicles was hit near Mineville over the weekend while the officer was responding to the scene of a separate crash.

The officer was dispatched to a collision between a vehicle and a deer on Highway 107 around 12:15 p.m. Saturday.

Police say the officer’s marked vehicle was hit from behind by a Honda CRV.

The officer got out of his vehicle and rescued the driver of the Honda CRV, according to an RCMP news release.

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Other police officers and emergency crews then responded to the scene and a section of the highway was closed for several hours.

The officer inside the police vehicle that was hit was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and released.

The driver of the Honda CRV was also taken to hospital. Police …