A 64 year old man is dead after an accident on the TCH near Port Blandford yesterday morning

    Tuesday, 25 June 2024 00:00

    By Tonya Organ

    The driver, who was the lone occupant, was located outside the vehicle with severe injuries.

    A 64-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash that occurred on the Trans-Canada Highway near Port Blandford yesterday (June 24, 2024.) Clarenville RCMP received a call just after 10:00 a.m. about a vehicle that had left the road and rolled over onto the side of the highway. Port Blandford Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services also responded to the scene. The driver, who was the lone occupant, was located outside the vehicle with severe injuries. He was transported to the G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital in Clarenville where he succumbed to his injuries. Police have established that he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The investigation is continuing.



     

     

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