A woman has died after a car and garbage truck collided head-on in Rothesay, N.B. Tuesday morning.
Police say the crash happened in front of the Bayview Credit Union on Marr Road shortly after 8 a.m.
“She was northbound on the Marr Road, heading down the hill, and the garbage truck … was heading southbound on the Marr Road, and at some point she crossed the centre line into the path of the garbage truck,” says Kennebecasis Regional Police Sgt. Evan Scott.
“The garbage truck attempted to move off to the side of the road, but was unsuccessful, and the two vehicles collided.”
The driver of the car was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her identity has not been released.
Marr Road was closed for about four hours Tuesday morning as police investigated. It has since reopened.
The crash comes just after the RCMP released their annual report for 2016, where the number of fatal collisions increased more than 25 per cent in the province.
"The 64 fatalities we've seen in 2016 is the highest since 2010, which was 80," says Const. Jullie Rogers-marsh, spokesperson for New Brunswick RCMP.
RCMP say the main causes for those crashes continue to be people not wearing seatbelts, impaired driving, distracted driving and speeding.
"It's certainly serious to have fatality on the roadway. The public needs to be aware of these statistics," Const. Rogers-Marsh says.
These figures aren't even counting the number of fatal collisions Kennebecasis Regional Police have responded to. Shelia Henry has worked on Marr Road for two years, and says there have been at least three serious crashes within metres of her office.
"It's constantly busy in the early morning hours and pretty much after school right through to 5:30 to 6 p.m.," says Henry.
Police say the victim in this crash was 63.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Mary Cranston.
