Deadly weekend on N.S. roads claims 4 lives

It was a deadly weekend on the roads in Nova Scotia after three separate crashes claimed the lives of four people, and left three others in hospitaltwo in critical condition.

The first crash happened in Cape Breton on Friday night. A 36-year-old man died after crashing his vehicle into a ditch in the Highlands National Park.

Cheticamp RCMP said the early investigation into the crash shows the man was not wearing a seatbelt. Police said they believe alcohol may have played a factor in the crash.

On Saturday morning, a serious crash on Highway 103 near Hubbards resulted in two deaths, after an SUV and a van collided.

Myrtle Veinotte, 75, from Beech Hill was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police identified the other victim as 87-year-old Luigi Liscio from Toronto. He died Saturday night in hospital in Halifax.

Liscio was a passenger in an SUV carrying six peopletwo of whom were critically injured. Another person went to hospital with serious injuries.

A single vehicle crash Saturday night killed a 25-year-old man on Highway 329, in East River Point in Lunenburg County.

Police said the vehicle carrying four people left the roadway, struck a culvert, rolled and struck a power pole.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The three passengers remain at the QEII hospital. Two suffered non-life threatening injuries and one is in serious but stable condition.