CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The coroners service has identified a man who died in a fall while hiking in southwestern British Columbia.
Twenty-year-old Sukhjeet Saggu was reported missing on Friday after being separated from a hiking group in Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park.
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The Surrey, B.C., man’s body was found at the foot of a loose rock incline on Saturday after a search lasting more than 20 hours.
He was confirmed dead shortly after.
The BC Coroners Service has concluded the fall was accidental.
The man’s family has been notified.
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