One dead after car crashes under Pitts Memorial Drive overpass

One person was killed after a car appeared to have driven off a Pitts Memorial Drive overpass, crashing nose-first on Richard Nolan Drive. 

Police and firefighters were called to the scene in Mount Pearl around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

They found the sedan resting on its front end directly under the overpass. 

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary confirmed on Twitter that one person died in the collision. 

Richard Nolan Drive and eastbound lanes of Pitts Memorial Drive were blocked off to traffic early Wednesday afternoon as cleanup began at the scene.