LifeFlight chopper sent to Cumberland County crash
CBC News
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 4:31 PM AT
Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 6:22 PM AT
The provincial medical evacuation helicopter, LifeFlight, has been dispatched to air-lift the man to hospital. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)
Emergency crews are on the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Cumberland County and a helicopter has been dispatched for a man injured in the crash.
Around 3:20 Tuesday afternoon, a vehicle went off Highway 321 near Oxford, N.S.
Police say a local man in his early 40s was trapped inside the vehicle.
The provincial medical evacuation helicopter, LifeFlight, has been dispatched to air-lift the man to hospital.
There's no word on his condition.
The highway has been reduced to one lane near the scene of the accident.
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