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Three people were killed after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 103 on Nova Scotia’s south shore.
The crash took place at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday in the community of East Port Hebert when the car had been traveling west on Highway 103 when it left the road and came to rest in a ditch.
Three passengers, a 42-year-old Yarmouth woman, a 17-year-old boy, and a 1-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The car’s driver, a 38-year-old Blockhouse woman, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The car was engulfed and several people tried to rescue those who were inside.
RCMP is figuring out the cause of the crash.
