More information has been released on an incident in Port au Port West Saturday afternoon that claimed the lives of two people and sent three others to the hospital.
RCMP were called to the scene on Front Street around 5:40 Saturday afternoon. A tow truck, carrying three people, left the road and struck a home, coming to rest inside the residence.
The company which owns the tow truck involved in the horrific crash is expressing its sympathy to the families involved.
The company, Eddy’s Towing, says the driver suffered a medical condition and died.
It’s with very heavy hearts we post today that we lost one of our drivers yesterday in the line of duty. He suffered…
Posted by Eddy’s Towing on Sunday, August 30, 2020
VOCM News has been told while efforts were made to maintain control of the moving vehicle, it left the road and struck the house.
The 61-year-old driver of the tow truck and an elderly woman inside the house died at the scene. Two people in the tow truck and an elderly man inside the home were taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.