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Man dies following ATV collision with moose in Sussex area

A file photo of an RCMP cruiser. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

A 66-year-old man from Jeffries Corner, N.B., has died after the ATV he was on collided with a moose.

An injured woman reported to police on June 5, shortly before 5:15 p.m., that she and a man had been on an ATV that collided with a moose in a wooded area sometime during the previous night.

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Members of the Sussex located the injured woman in the area of Goose Creek Road, an ATV trail near Martin Head.

Shortly before 6:30 p.m., police and firefighters located the ATV and the man, who was deceased.

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The woman was transported to hospital for treatment.

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The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

 

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