Elderly woman dies retrieving dead cat from New Brunswick roadway
ALDOUANE, N.B. — A 75-year-old woman has died after being struck while retrieving a dead cat from a New Brunswick road.
RCMP Cpl. Mario Maillet said she was hit by a car Wednesday evening on Route 134 in Aldouane.
“There was a dead cat in the road. She was on the road to pick up the animal — which we believe had been struck by a car,” said Maillet.
She died at the scene, he said.