Cyclist, car collide downtown
Fredericton Police Force has shut down intersection at Westmorland, King streets after person involved in incident sustained “serious, life-threatening injuries”
Police officers shut down a major downtown intersection around the supper hour Saturday after an accident sent someone to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
“Fredericton Police Force (FPF) are on scene as a result of a motor vehicle vs. cyclist collision at the intersection of Westmorland and King streets,” the police force posted on social media shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday evening.
“One adult male was transported to the Dr. Everett Chalmers [Regional] Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.”
The intersection was closed while the force’s collision reconstruction team investigates the incident, the advisory stated.
The police force followed up online just before 8 p.m. Saturday to advise the intersection had been reopened to traffic.
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That's like saying a pedestrian has collided with a transport truck. Odd title.