N.B. teenager facing charges related to accident that kills two, injures three

CARAQUET, N.B. — A teenager is facing charges after two people were killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle collision in northeastern New Brunswick.

RCMP say the crash happened around 9 p.m. Saturday in Dugas, near Le Village Historique Acadian and Caraquet.

Police say the car driven by the youth rear-ended a vehicle, pushing it into the left lane where it was T-boned by an oncoming SUV.

They say a 72-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman from Mainsonette died at the scene, while three people in the SUV were taken to hospital in serious condition, including a 10-year-old girl who was airlifted to Halifax.

Police say three young men in the first vehicle fled the scene and the vehicle was later found burning in a gravel pit.

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They said the driver was later brought to the police station by his father.

The youth is facing charges of fleeing the scene of accident causing death and obstruction of an investigation for fleeing and burning evidence.

(CTV Atlantic)

The Canadian Press