Hydroplaning on Hwy 101 sends car into river

By The Canadian Press

Posted Aug 20, 2017 08:50:34 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Police responded to two unrelated car crashes involving hydroplaning on Nova Scotia’s Highway 101 on Saturday.

RCMP say a car caught on fire near Hortonville after it hydroplaned and crashed into an oncoming car.

They say another car was travelling near Lequille when it hydroplaned into a nearby river.

Police say no one was seriously injured.

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