2 White Bay women, man from Labrador killed in Howley Junction crash

RCMP have released more information about the three people who died in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on the Trans-Canada Highway in western Newfoundland.

The victims area 56-year-old woman from Sop's Arm, a 44-year-old woman from Pollards Point and a 71-year-old man from Labrador.

• 3 dead following crash near Howley Junction in western Newfoundland

Police said two other people were taken to hospital in Corner Brook.

RCMP responded to the scene just west of Howley Junction around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. The road was impassable while emergency responders tended to the scene, and one lane was opened for traffic at 11:30 a.m.

Police say the investigation is continuing.