A 66-year-old man from Jeffries Corner has died after the all-terrain vehicle he was on struck a moose near Fundy National Park.
Sgt. Jim MacPherson of the Sussex RCMP said they received a call just after 5 p.m. Wednesday about an injured woman being found in the area of Goose Creek Road — an ATV trail near Martin Head.
The woman told police she and a man had been on an ATV when the collision happened in a wooded area sometime the night before.
Man dies following ATV collision with moose. A 66-year-old man from Jeffries Corner, N.B., has died after the ATV he was on collided with a moose. https://t.co/K9tA8ckQyt #MartinHead
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Police and firefighters found the ATV and the man’s body shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, said MacPherson.
He said the woman was taken to the Saint John Regional Hospital with undetermined injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
