Four people dead following head-on collision in eastern Newfoundland

Four people, including a child, are dead after a head-on collision in eastern Newfoundland.

Police in Whitbourne say two SUVs collided on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Chapel Arm exit around 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Investigators say three occupants in one vehicle – a 41-year-old man, 35-year-old woman and a child – were pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the second vehicle – an 18-year-old woman – also died at the scene.

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A 16-year-old boy who was a passenger in the second vehicle was injured and taken to a hospital in St. John’s.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.