One person is dead after a head-on collision that has closed part of Highway 7 between Fredericton and Saint John on Tuesday.
New Brunswick RCMP say the crash occurred at approximately 8 a.m., near mile marker 47.
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The Mounties say the highway is not divided at that location and the crash involved a heavy-duty pickup truck travelling southbound and a second unidentified vehicle travelling northbound.
Police believe that the woman’s vehicle crossed the centre line and struck the pickup truck.
The driver and sole occupant of the northbound vehicle, a 35-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Four people in the pickup truck were not injured.
Travellers are being told to expect delays as police continue to investigate the crash.
Traffic is being rerouted along Route 101.
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