Digby County crash: Man charged with impaired driving [Video]

A man has been charged with impaired driving after a woman was killed and two people were badly injured in a collision in Nova Scotia’s Digby County.

Meteghan RCMP and emergency crews responded to the two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 in Mavillette, N.S., around 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Police say a Pontiac G5 veered out of its lane and crashed into a Hyundai Kona, which was travelling in the opposite direction.

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A passenger in the Hyundai – a 77-year-old Saint Alphonse, N.S., woman – was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver and another passenger in the Hyundai were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police say the driver of the Pontiac showed signs of impairment by alcohol. The 33-year-old man from Saint Alphonse was arrested and taken to a local hospital, where police obtained blood …