{"id":923408,"date":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923408\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:54:15","slug":"two-teenagers-killed-in-moncton-crash-driver-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923408\/","title":{"rendered":"Two teenagers killed in Moncton crash, driver arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 3 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Two teenagers are dead after a car crash in Moncton involving two vehicles Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Codiac RCMP said in a news release officers responded around 7:23 p.m. to a collision between two vehicles at the intersection of Berry Mills Road and Zack Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The release said police believe a car travelling with five people in it crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a SUV, which also had five people in it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man who were in the car both died from their injuries at the scene, RCMP said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Also from the car, a 14-year-old boy was transported to the hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries, and a 16-year-old boy was transported to the hospital and is believed to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The driver of the car, a 25-year-old-man, was taken to the hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. The release said the driver was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation but did not say for what or if any charges had been laid yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The five people in the SUV, all from Arkansas, were transported to the hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries, the release said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A man poses for a photo\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791334455_132_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption-oOSXz\">Codiac RCMP Cpl. Luc Picard said he could not speak to what charges the driver might face or if he is still in custody. (Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">In an interview with reporters, RCMP Cpl. Luc Picard declined to say if the driver was still in custody or what charges he may face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">He also declined to say if police have any indication of why the car crossed the centre line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Autopsies have been scheduled and the investigation continues, the release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The intersection where the crash happened is about a 15-minute drive west of downtown Moncton and is right off Trans-Canada Highway exit 446.<\/p>\n<p>Crash victims attended local schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Anglophone East School District Supt. Randy MacLean wrote to families to say that the crash involved four students from the school district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">MacLean wrote that the two students who died attended Harrison Trimble High School as well as the injured 16-year-old, while the 14-year-old attends Riverview High School. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with the families, friends, classmates, staff and everyone affected by this loss,&#8221; MacLean wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">&#8220;School teams will be attentive to students who may be struggling with this news and will help connect them with appropriate support.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-923408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}