RCMP investigating fatal collision near Harbour Grace

Police say that a 72-year-old man is deceased after a head-on collision that occurred on the Veterans Memorial Highway near Harbour Grace Tuesday afternoon.

Around 3:30 pm first responders received the report of the collision involving two SUVs.

One of the vehicles crossed the centre line and collided head-on with the other. A man and a woman from one vehicle were transported from the scene in an ambulance for medical treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The lone occupant of the other vehicle died at the scene.

The investigation is continuing.