Motorcycle rider dies in hit-and-run on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge

A motorcycle rider has died following a hit-and-run on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge Thursday night.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say a group of motorcyclists were heading westbound on the highway when an eastbound vehicle passed a slower vehicle and struck the lead motorcycle head-on close to 28oth Street.

A second motorcycle then collided with the first and the suspect vehicle.

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That vehicle then took off and fled the scene.

The 48-year-old woman, who has been identified as Laura Woycheshen and riding the lead motorcycle, was unconscious and not breathing when first responders arrived. She was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital but died from the injuries.

The victim’s son told Global News that motorcycle riding was his mother’s passion. She was a mother of three children and a grandmother of a two-year-old.

Police say a suspect vehicle was found in the Mission area but the driver had fled.

Two other motorcycle riders suffered minor injuries and were taken to Ridge Meadows Hospital.

The investigation continues.