ST. ANNS: A scenic stretch of the Cabot Trail was the scene of a serious two-vehicle collision, sending one man to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

At around 10 a.m. on July 14, emergency crews including Victoria County District RCMP, local fire services, and EHS were called to the crash site in St. Anns, Cape Breton. According to RCMP, the collision occurred when a motorcycle and a van, travelling in opposite directions along Route 30, collided head-on.

The motorcyclist, a 58-year-old man from New Brunswick, sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to hospital via EHS LifeFlight. The driver of the van, a 47-year-old man from Quebec, along with three passengers, sustained minor injuries.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist was brought in to examine the scene, and the investigation into the cause of the crash remains ongoing.

Route 30, a popular and picturesque portion of the Cabot Trail often busy with tourists during the summer months, was closed for several hours following the incident but has since reopened.

Police are urging motorists to drive with caution, especially during the busy travel season.

Drake Lowthers

Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.

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Drake Lowthers
Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.