Posted: Apr 21, 2021 4:15 PM AT | Last Updated: April 21 Nova Scotia RCMP arrived on the scene of the collision around 10 a.m. Tuesday.(David Bell/CBC) A Nova Scotia man has died after the car he was driving struck a tree along Highway 224 in Cooks Brook on Tuesday. RCMP were called to the scene around 10 a.m. The driver of the car, a 77-year-old man from the Musquodoboit area, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger was airlifted to hospital. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, RCMP said in a news release. One lane of Highway 224 was closed for a number of hours while police investigated.