Quebec man dies after two-vehicle crash in New Brunswick

An RCMP vehicle is pictured. (CTV Atlantic / Melanie Price)

A 66-year-old Val d’Espoir, Quebec, man is dead after a two-vehicle collision in Bouctouche, N.B., on Thursday morning.

RCMP officers responded to the reported crash on Route 11 around 11:20 a.m. They believe the driver of a pickup track crossed the centre line and hit a semi-tractor truck.

“The driver of the pickup truck, a 66-year-old man, was transported to the hospital where he later died,” a news release reads. “The passenger, a 35-year-old woman, was transported to the hospital with what is believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.”

The 55-year-old male driver of the semi-tractor truck also went to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

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