{"id":330645,"date":"2026-08-27T00:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330645\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:27:03","slug":"queens-county-man-72-dies-after-three-vehicle-crash-in-springvale-p-e-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330645\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens County man, 72, dies after three-vehicle crash in Springvale, P.E.I."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 72-year-old Queens County man died Monday after a three-vehicle collision in Springvale, P.E.I.<\/p>\n

Queens District RCMP responded at about 1:30 p.m. to the collision on Route 2 near Colville Road, about 16 kilometres west of Charlottetown.<\/p>\n

“Early indications appear to show that a passenger car struck a transport truck, rear-ended that truck, and then crossed the centre line into the oncoming traffic, which was a tow truck,” said Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP\u2019s media relations officer.<\/p>\n

The man, who was the lone occupant of the car, was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries.<\/p>\n

Moore said there were two people in the tractor-trailer and one in the tow truck. None were seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Police said alcohol and drugs are not believed to have been factors in the collision. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Island EMS, the North River Fire Department and the Department of Transportation responded to the scene.<\/p>\n

\"AnCpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP\u2019s media relations officer, says there have been 10 fatal motor vehicle collisions on P.E.I. so far this year. (CBC)<\/p>\n

Moore said there have been 10 fatal motor vehicle crashes on P.E.I. so far this year, the same number as at this point last year.<\/p>\n

He said collisions involving vehicles crossing the centre line have been “notable” this year.<\/p>\n

“It’s something that does bring about extended risk to all motorists,” he said.<\/p>\n

“To be able to share that publicly does help to inform Islanders about the types of collisions that we are encountering. And certainly we have had a couple of these in recent months, and they do stand out.”<\/p>\n

Moore also pointed to newer in-vehicle safety features such as lane-keeping assist and systems that can alert drivers or even engage the brakes when there is an obstacle ahead.<\/p>\n

“Vehicles that are even just 10 years old are vastly outdated in terms of safety features that newer vehicles have,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-330645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}