WATCH: A Comox mother makes a tearful plea to the driver who struck and killed her husband to come forward and bear the consequences. Kylie Stanton reports.
VANCOUVER – The Comox Valley RCMP is looking for a vehicle and driver they believe was involved in a deadly hit-and-run on Monday night.
Mounties received a call at 10:56 p.m. that a man was missing from the Fanny Bay area. Officers discovered the man at 11:29 p.m. lying in a ditch on Highway 19A near Curran Road in Fanny Bay. The 48-year-old cyclist had been hit by a vehicle going southbound on the highway. He was rushed to hospital in Comox but died from his injuries.
The vehicle in question has now been narrowed down to either a Ford F250 truck, a Ford F350 truck, or an Excursion-style of vehicle. The manufacture date would be between 2002 and 2004. The colour of the vehicle is not known but it would have damage to the front passenger side, headlights and possibly the windshield.
If you have information about this collision you are asked to contact Sgt. M. Whitworth at the North Island Traffic service in Campbell River at 250-286-5646 or if you wish to remain anonymous you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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