2 dead after car slams into parked cube van in Lower Sackville

Two men are dead after a car slammed into a parked cube van in Lower Sackvillelast nightand Nova Scotia RCMP say the driver is facing charges.

The crashhappened just after midnight on Hillside Avenue, according to police.

A 2009 Honda Civic with four men inside slammed into a parked Mercedes-Benz cube van. Twopassengers in the cara 42-year-old man from Lower Sackville and a48-year-old man from Prince Edward Island were killed.

Police saidthe men were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another passenger, a 25-year-old man from Bedford, was taken to the QEII Health Sciences Centre with non-life-threatening injuries.

Wayne Chartrand, who lives nearby, said he watched the aftermath of the collision from his home.

"The passenger side was so far under the truck you couldn't see it, so the guy must have been travelling to go that far underneath the truck," he said.

Driver not hurt

The car's 26-year-old driver,also from Lower Sackville, was not injured, police said. He has been taken into custodyand is facing charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing deathand dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.

He's expected to appear in Dartmouth provincial court today or tomorrow.

It's not clear what led to the collision.

Chartrandsaidthe road is narrow and people often speed down it.

"People race up and down this street all the time, even when kids are out playing. It shouldn't be, there should be something done about it."

RCMPsaidspeed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash, but they haven't been able to confirmthat yet.

Theinvestigation is ongoing and policeexpect to release more details aboutthe crash and possibly laycharges later in the day.

Hillside Avenue was closed for several hours while a traffic analyst examined the scene.