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An Acadian Peninsula woman was killed yesterday morning after losing control of her vehicle and crashing into a pickup truck.

Members of the Tracadie-Sheila RCMP responded around 11:15 a.m. to the fatal crash involving two vehicles on Highway 370 in Haut-Sheila. The initial investigation indicates one of the vehicles may have skidded out of control.

A Pontiac Sunfire was heading south when the driver, a 62-year-old woman from Leech, apparently lost control of the vehicle and drove into oncoming traffic. She died instantly when her car struck a truck.

The male driver of the Chevrolet F150 half-ton was unable to avoid the collision.

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Acadian Peninsula RCMP collision reconstructionists were dispatched to the scene to determine the exact cause of the collision.