3 Prince County residents dead after 2 Friday single-vehicle crashes

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Three radical are dormant and 1 idiosyncratic is earnestly injured aft 2 single-vehicle crashes Friday connected P.E.I.

Victims are a 22-year-old woman, 53-year-old antheral and a antheral successful his 40s

Ryan McKellop · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 28, 2025 9:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 28

Three radical are dormant and 1 idiosyncratic is earnestly injured aft 2 single-vehicle crashes Friday connected P.E.I.

In a quality release, RCMP said the archetypal clang happened connected Route 2 erstwhile a murphy motortruck went disconnected the roadworthy and overturned successful Carleton, P.E.I.

Police said the operator and lone occupant of the motortruck was a Prince County antheral successful his 40s.

RCMP, archetypal responders and the Occupational Health and Safety department were called to the country astir 4:30 p.m. AT.

The roadworthy was closed for respective hours, but has since reopened.

The 2nd clang happened astir 8 p.m. connected Route 163 adjacent Burleigh Road successful East Bideford, P.E.I., RCMP said successful a abstracted quality release.

RCMP did not accidental what the circumstances were that led to the crash, but 2 passengers — a 22-year-old pistillate and a 53-year-old man, some from Prince County — were declared dormant astatine the scene.

Police said a Prince County pistillate successful her 20s who was besides successful the conveyance was taken to infirmary with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Route 163 was closed for respective hours, blocking entree to Lennox Island earlier being reopened around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.

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