Lunenburg District RCMP investigating fatal collision

July 28, 2022
Martins River, Nova Scotia

News release

Lunenburg District RCMP is investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Hwy. 103 in Martins River.

On July 27, 2022, at approximately 11 a.m., Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a report of a stolen pickup truck from a business on MacCulloch Rd. in Cookville. While responding, RCMP officers learned that the pickup truck had entered Hwy. 103 and was heading east.

At 11:08 a.m., RCMP officers were advised that a head-on collision had just occurred on Hwy. 103 in Martins River between a pickup truck and an SUV. Fire and EHS were also dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, RCMP officers identified the pickup truck as having been the one stolen a few minutes earlier in Cookville.

The driver of the SUV, a 60-year-old woman, and the passenger, a 63-year-old man, both of Hubbards, were pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver of the pickup truck, Trevor John Heisler, 28, of Conquerall Mills, suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. He was transported to hospital by ambulance. Heisler has been charged with:

  • Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance Causing Death (2 counts);
  • Theft of a Conveyance

Heisler has been remanded into custody and will appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court on August 3, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.

A collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.

Hwy. 103 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

File #: 2022-1044343, 2022-1044294

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Contact information

Cpl. Chris Marshall
Public Information Officer
Nova Scotia RCMP
rcmpns-grcne@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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