Man wanted on provincewide warrants arrested following car crash near Brookfield
2 arrests made after vehicles fled from checkpoint and crashed off exit
A 27-year-old man wanted on provincewide warrants for offences including attempted murder was arrested early Friday after a car crash on Highway 102 near Brookfield, N.S.
According to an RCMP release, Colchester County District RCMP and Truro police responded to a car crash at 1 a.m. after a pickup truck and SUV crashed off a highway exit.
Two vehicles drove through a checkpoint conducted by the Truro Police Service shortly before the crash. After the crash, three males fled to a wooded area.
Truro police officers arrested the 27-year-old man. He was wanted for offences in Halifax and Millbrook that also include aggravated assault.
Shortly after, RCMP officers arrested a 17-year-old male from Eastern Passage. The youth was armed and wearing body armour when arrested.
The third male hasn't been located.
Truro police seized three firearms, two sets of body armour, ammunition and both vehicles at the crash scene. Police believe one of the vehicles was stolen.
The investigation into the crash and the firearms is ongoing, police say.
