A 56-year-old man from Musquash, N.B., has died following a collision between a motorcycle and a tractor trailer in Prince of Wales.
On June 10, 2022 shortly before 12:30 p.m., the Grand Bay-Westfield RCMP, the Musquash Fire Department, Ambulance New Brunswick and the Department of Public Safety responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and a tractor trailer on Highway 1 in Prince of Wales.
The collision is believed to have occurred when the tractor trailer travelling eastbound hit the motorcycle which was parked on the shoulder of the highway. The motorcycle then struck the driver who had been standing beside the motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle was taken to the hospital were he later died as a result of his injuries. The driver and lone occupant of the tractor trailer was not injured.
An RCMP collision reconstructionist is assisting with the investigation to help determine the cause of the collision.
The Grand Bay-Westfield RCMP is asking anyone who was travelling on Highway 1 eastbound at the time of the collision and may have witnessed the incident to contact the Grand Bay-Westfield RCMP Detachment at 506-757-1020.
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