Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A fifty-seven-year-old man is deceased after his truck crashed into a ditch on Friday, October 13, 2023; he was the lone occupant of the vehicle.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. last Friday, Burin Peninsula RCMP received a call reporting an overturned vehicle in the ditch on Route 210, south of Grand Bank. Police, Grand Bank Fire Department and Grand Bank/Fortune Ambulance Service responded. The driver was transported to Dr. S. Beckley Health Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and an RCMP Collision Reconstructionist have been engaged. The investigation is continuing.