2 people dead after ‘mechanical issue’ leads to car crash on N.B. highway: police

Two people are dead following a two-vehicle collision that occurred in the New Brunswick village of Penobsquis on Tuesday morning.

In a RCMP release on Wednesday, police said first responders arrived at about 6 a.m. to the scene on Route 114. The driver of one vehicle involved, a 42-year-old man, died at the scene.

The driver and sole occupant of the other vehicle, a 57-year-old woman, was transported to the hospital where she later died as a result of her injuries.

“The collision is believed to have occurred when the vehicle travelling eastbound encountered a mechanical issue which caused the driver to lose control, colliding with a second vehicle travelling westbound,” police said in a statement.

Police added that a member of the New Brunswick Coroner’s Office is assisting with the investigation, which is still ongoing.