A 56-year-old Burtt’s Corner man is dead after a side-by-side collision.
RCMP say the crash happened in Upper Hainesville at around 7:40 am on Sunday.
The man is believed to have lost control of the vehicle on Valley Forest Road near Route 104.
He died at the scene of his injuries.
Members of the Milville Fire Department, Ambulance New Brunswick, and the New Brunswick Coroner’s Office attended the scene. A New Brunswick RCMP Forensic Collision Analyst assisted.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the man’s exact cause of death.
Four people have been taken to the hospital to be treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries following a collision in West Northfield.
On Oct. 14 just after 1 p.m. Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a collision on Hwy. 10. where officers learned that an unmarked RCMP pickup truck and a Hyundai Santa Fe collided head-on.
The driver of the Santa Fe, a 64-year old man from Nictaux Falls, and the two passengers, a 77-year-old woman from Nictaux Falls and a youth form Lunenburg were all transported to hospital with serious but non life threatening injures.
The RCMP officer was also transported to hospital with non life threatening injures.
Police closed the road for several hours, but have since reopened it.
Lunenburg district RCMP are asking for anyone who witnessed the collision, or anyone with dashcam footage of the area at the time of the collision to contact them.
Five others who were in the SUV, who range in age from 24 to 72, are from Arkansas, United States. They were taken to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP say autopsies have been scheduled and the investigation into the collision is ongoing.
Berry Mills Road was closed for around eight hours, but reopened at around 1 am Tuesday.
A letter from the Anglophone East School District identifies three of the teens, two who died in the crash and another who remains in critical condition, as Harrison Trimble students and the 14-year-old as a student at Riverview High School.
“Our thoughts are with the families, friends, classmates, staff and everyone affected by this loss,” Superintendent Randolph MacLEAN stated in the email.
“School teams will be attentive to students who may be struggling with the news and will help connect them with the appropriate support.”
Letter from Anglophone East School District IMAGE: submitted (October 2026)Berry Mills crash (October 2026) IMAGE: Wade Perry
A 26-year-old man from the Kedgwick region is dead after a crash in Falls Brook, near the Kedgwick River.
The RCMP say it happened around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
They got a call that a single vehicle had crashed on a logging road in Falls Brook.
They believe the driver lost control while trying to avoid hitting an ATV and then went off the road.
The 26-year-old man was a passenger and died at the scene. The driver, a 31-year-old woman from Saint-Quentin, N.B., reported no injuries at the time of the crash.
A collision reconstructionist was on scene, and the New Brunswick Coroner’s Office is helping with the investigation.
The main highway between Halifax and Dartmouth has reopened after an earlier closure.
A section of Highway 111 closed Thursday afternoon after a cement truck tipped over earlier in the day on the ramp from Victoria Rd onto the circumferential.
At about 3:30 p.m., police said they had to shut down that section of the road to clear the truck out.
According to Halifax Professional Fire Fighters, it happened around 11 a.m. and one person was sent to hospital.
By 7:30 p.m., Halifax Harbour Bridges said Highway 111 was fully opened. As of 10 p.m., the ramp was also opened.
