Father, 2 children die after collision with bus near Oromocto, N.B.
Last Updated: Monday, February 16, 2009 | 12:05 PM AT News
Const. Jason Porter, 31, and his children, Hannah, 5, and Jack, 3, died in a car accident on Sunday night outside Oromocto, N.B. (RCMP)
An accident Sunday night on Highway 7 between Saint John and Fredericton claimed the lives of an off-duty RCMP officer and his young son and daughter.
According to the RCMP, a car was outside Oromocto and driving toward Saint John at about 7 p.m. when it lost control on the icy road and collided with a bus being operated by Acadian Lines.
The RCMP have identified the victims as Const. Jason Porter, a 31-year old member of the RCMP. Also in the car were his daughter Hannah, 5, and son Jack, 3.
Porter was a member of the RCMP in Grand Bay-Westfield, a town outside Saint John.
At the time of the accident, he was on his way home from visiting his parents in the Woodstock area.
Porter was born in Saint John and had been a member of the RCMP for eight years.
Sgt. Claude Tremblay, a RCMP spokesman, said police are trying to reconstruct the accident scene.
"It's quite a disaster really, when you look at a complete family like that," Tremblay said.
"But we're still working on that [investigation]."
Tremblay said two of the family members died on the scene. The third was taken to a local hospital but later died because of injuries sustained in the crash.
Tremblay said no one on the bus was hurt.
"The car slid sideways in front of the bus. It was very slippery conditions, icy roads," he said.
