The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that a 47-year-old man lost his life in a collision involving two commercial transport trucks on the Trans-Canada Highway in central Newfoundland. The incident occurred near Gullbridge, also known as Gull Pond Bridge, situated between Badger and South Brook. Police arrived at the crash scene shortly after 2:15 a.m. NT on Tuesday morning to find both vehicles engulfed in flames.
Tragically, the driver of one of the trucks, a 47-year-old man heading east, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other tractor-trailer, traveling westbound, sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital for treatment, where they remain under medical care. Following the collision, a section of the Trans-Canada Highway between Badger and South Brook was shut down by the police for several hours on Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials stated that an investigation is currently underway to determine the cause of the crash.