Woman killed as car collides with motorhome on TCH in Terra Nova National Park

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August 7, 2024 at 9:48 a.m.·1 min read

God's Lake Narrows RCMP and RCMP Major Crime Services and Forensic Identification Services are investigating the death of an 18-year-old woman from Gods River, Man. (CBC - image credit)

The RCMP says an investigation is ongoing into a fatal collision Tuesday in Terra Nova National Park. (CBC)

A two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway in Terra Nova National Park on Tuesday evening left one woman dead, say police.

Around 4 p.m. NT on Tuesday, the Glovertown RCMP officers got a report of a collision near the exit for the town of Terra Nova, in central Newfoundland. The highway was closed for several hours before being partially reopened by police later that evening.

In a statement released Wednesday, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jolene Garland police said the collision was between a motorhome and a car.

"Occupants of the motorhome received minor injuries while the lone occupant of the car died at the scene," says the statement.

The sole fatality was a 62-year-old woman.

The RCMP traffic services' collision reconstructionists were on the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been brought in. Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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