Following a head-on fatal collision on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) west of Goobies, an 18-year-old St. John's man is deceased, his 16-year-old passenger and another 18-year-old driver are injured.
Yesterday evening, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Clarenville RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle head-on collision involving a small car and a SUV. Police, fire and ambulance attended the scene. The driver of the car died at the scene and his passenger was seriously injured. The driver of the SUV was pinned inside the vehicle and was safely removed by firefighters using the jaws of life. She is believed to have non-life threatening injuries.
A Collision Reconstructionist with RCMP Traffic Services attended the scene. The TCH was impassable for approximately four hours. The investigation, which is continuing at this time, has determined that speed was a factor in the collision.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been engaged.
RCMP NL thanks Fewer's Ambulance Service, as well firefighters with Clarenville and Northern Bight volunteer fire departments, for their tremendous level of support and assistance at the scene.