Update: Body of second vehicle occupant recovered by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team

April 5, 2024
Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador

News release

This morning, the body of the second occupant of a vehicle that left the roadway on Route 470 and became submerged in a pond was recovered by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.

The investigation into the crash is continuing and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is engaged.

Background:

Channel-Port Aux Basques RCMP investigates fatal crash on Route 470 near Rose Blanche with one man deceased and search continuing for second man | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca)

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Contact information

Strategic Communications and Media Relations Unit
RCMP NL
rcmp.nl.media-medias.tnl.grc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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