RCMP seek crucial witness to fatal crash near Quesnel

   RCMP say the driver of a blue pickup is a crucial witness to a fatal crash near Quesnel.
(photo provided by RCMP)

Corporal Michael McLaughlin, a Media Relations Officer with BC Highway Patrol, says they are hoping to talk to this missing witness who was driving a blue pickup and saw the aftermath of a fatal collision between a tractor-trailer and a black Harley Davidson motorcycle.

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   “The missing witness can be heard in the background of a 911 call.  We know that the witness is a man who was driving a blue pickup, and he may have provided a flashlight and other items to the driver of the tractor trailer.”
   The accident happened on July 24th, at 12:34 a.m., when a black Kenworth tractor-trailer collided with a black Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 97 near Naver Creek Road.
   Sadly, the man riding the motorcycle was killed and RCMP say the tractor-trailer driver was arrested for impaired driving.
   If you are the driver of the blue pickup, or you know who is, you are asked to call the Quesnel RCMP detachment at (250)-992-9211 and quote file 3304 2025-5987.

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