Two people suffered serious injuries in a crash on Highway 126 in Birch Ridge.

RCMP say a motorcycle struck a deer at around 10:30 on Thursday morning.

Corporal Stéphane Lemire told our newsroom that the driver, a 27-year-old man from Coal Branch and a 16-year-old woman from Hillsborough were thrown from the vehicle.

There’s no word on their current conditions.

Members of the Saint-Paul Fire Department and Ambulance New Brunswick also attended the scene.