Three people were killed early Wednesday in a head-on collision between a car and a tractor-trailer on Route 8, near Fredericton.

RCMP Const. Jullie Rogers-Marsh said the accident occurred shortly after midnight in the Penniac area and appears to be weather related.

"We believe that weather and road conditions may have been factors that caused the fatal accident, however the investigation is still ongoing," she said.

The victims were a 41-year-old woman from the Fredericton area, a 23-year-old man from Minto and a 23-year-old man from Durham Bridge. They were all pronounced dead at the scene.

A 19-year-old woman from Fredericton survived the crash and was taken to hospital with relatively minor injuries.

The tractor-trailer driver was not seriously injured.

The accident happened shortly after midnight and closed the road for several hours.

It was reopened to traffic around 6 a.m. on Wednesday.