A motorcycle rider is dead, and a tractor-trailer driver has been arrested following an early-morning crash south of Hixon along Highway 97 according to the BC Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred at about 12:34 am when a black Kenworth tractor-trailer collided with a black Harley Davidson motorcycle near Naver Creek Road.
Police are on scene near Meadow Creek Road as the crash occurred just after midnight.
There are no further details at this time however more information may be released as it becomes available.
Update (12:19pm Sunday):
The Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department were up in the late hours yesterday (Saturday), battling the Parallel Mill blaze.
A call came in at...