Key takeaways:
- Police state a 72-year-old female died at the scene.
- Bay St. George RCMP reacted to a crash Monday morning between an SUV and a tractor-trailer, around Robinsons, in southwestern Newfoundland.
A 72-year-old woman passed away Monday morning in a highway collision between the SUV she was driving and a transport truck in the Codroy Valley on Newfoundland’s southwest coast.
In a news release, the Bay St. George RCMP said they got the call around 9 a.m. on Monday. The SUV and the tractor-trailer had crashed near the Robinsons River bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway.
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The woman, the only individual in the SUV, died at the scene. Emergency teams took the injured driver of the transport truck to the clinic in Stephenville.
The RCMP stated they’re still investigating.
Source – cbc.ca
