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A collision left one dead on the Trans-Canada Highway near Clarenville in Newfoundland and Labrador, says the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (Archive photo)
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Published at 6:26 a.m. EST
A man is dead following a collision Friday on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Clarenvillein Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported in a news release Monday that they were informed shortly before 1:45 p.m. Friday that a head-on collision had occurred between a car and a truck transporting gravel.
On site, the police noticed the death of the driver of the car, who was the only one on board. The 53-year-old man was ejected from his vehicle and died from his injuries.
The driver of the truck, for his part, was only slightly injured and was evacuated to a hospital.
The GRC dispatched investigators, police dogs and a collision analyst to the scene to analyze the scene, and closed the highway for several hours Friday.
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