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Four People Dead Following Head-On Collision On Newfoundland Highway

The Canadian Press, 28 Aug, 2017 12:54 PM
    WHITBOURNE, N.L. — Four people, including a child, are dead after a head-on collision in eastern Newfoundland.
     
    Police in Whitbourne say two SUVs collided on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Chapel Arm exit around 5 p.m. Sunday.
     
    Investigators say three occupants in one vehicle — a 41-year-old man, 35-year-old woman and a child — were pronounced dead at the scene.
     
    The driver of the second vehicle — an 18-year-old woman — also died at the scene.
     
    A 16-year-old boy who was a passenger in the second vehicle was injured and taken to a hospital in St. John's.
     
    The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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