18-year-old struck, killed by her own vehicle in Waterville
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon | CBC News | Posted: March 5, 2025 9:02 PM | Last Updated: March 5
Victim was standing outside her stopped vehicle when another vehicle collided with hers, RCMP say
An 18-year-old woman from Waterville who was standing outside her stopped vehicle was struck and killed Tuesday when another vehicle collided with hers, RCMP say.
Members of the Oromocto detachment responded shortly after 8 a.m. to a report of a two-vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on Waterville Road, in Waterville, in Sunbury County, southeast of Fredericton.
"The collision is believed to have occurred when the first vehicle, travelling westbound, struck the second vehicle that was stopped facing the same direction," Sgt. Stéphane Esculier said in a news release Wednesday.
"The driver and sole occupant of the second vehicle, an 18-year-old woman, was outside of her vehicle at the time of the collision, causing her vehicle to collide with her."
The woman died at the scene, Esculier said.
No information about why her vehicle was stopped or why she was outside her vehicle was provided, and Esculier could not immediately be reached for comment.
The driver and sole occupant of the first vehicle was uninjured, according to the news release.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation, with the help of a traffic reconstructionist, but police do not believe criminality was a factor, Esculier said.
An autopsy will be scheduled to determine the woman's exact cause of death.