A 24 year-old Sable River, N.S., man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he fled an RCMP checkpoint early Saturday morning near Liverpool.
Queens District RCMP officers were set up early in the morning, when a Volkswagen Golf approached them and then made an abrupt U-turn. An RCMP officer immediately left the scene to pursue the car.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay told QCCR on Monday that the cruiser was not involved in the crash. The officer found the car off the road and on its roof.
A 25-year-old woman from East Green Harbour was the only other person in the car. Her injuries are not life-threatening.
Also in this news update: The emergency room at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool is closed until Friday.
