RCMP investigating crash that killed a 41-year-old woman on highway near Bishop's Falls

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The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Mounties in the North Okanagan say they are investigating the death of a two-year-old child.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Mounties in the North Okanagan say they are investigating the death of a two-year-old child.

A crash on Friday that killed a 41-year-old woman near Bishop's Falls is under investigation by the RCMP. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

The RCMP says it's investigating a crash that killed a 41-year-old woman on the Trans-Canada Highway near Bishop's Falls on Friday.

In a press release issued Monday afternoon, the RCMP said the crash involved a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer. The woman was the driver of the pickup and died at the scene, say police.

The RCMP said it received the report of the crash shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday. It said a Dodge Ram pickup left the eastbound lane and collided with an oncoming tractor-trailer travelling west on the highway, in central Newfoundland.

The Bishop's Falls fire department, Grand Falls-Windsor emergency medical services and provincial highway enforcement officers also assisted at the scene.

A passenger of the pickup truck was sent to the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured but taken to the hospital for medical assessment.

An RCMP collision analyst attended the scene and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is assisting the investigation.

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