1 dead after car collides with dump truck on New Brunswick highway

A 39-year-old woman has died after a two-vehicle collision in Bass River, N.B., on Monday.

New Brunswick RCMP say that officers responded to reports of a crash on Murray Road at approximately 3 p.m.

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Police say their preliminary findings indicate the woman, who was from Bass River, was driving eastbound on Murray Road when her vehicle collided with a dump truck making a left-hand turn from Highway 490.

The woman died at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

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The driver of the dump truck was not injured.

Police say an RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene and the investigation is ongoing.