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N.B. RCMP release photos of truck linked to Aboriginal man’s hit-and-run death

A grey 2003 GMC Sierra 4 X 4 pickup truck is shown in this RCMP handout image. Police have released pictures of a truck suspected to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run death that has left a New Brunswick First Nation grieving and seeking justice.
A grey 2003 GMC Sierra 4 X 4 pickup truck is shown in this RCMP handout image. Police have released pictures of a truck suspected to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run death that has left a New Brunswick First Nation grieving and seeking justice. The Canadian Press/HO-RCMP

Police have released pictures of a truck suspected to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run death that has left a New Brunswick First Nation grieving and seeking justice.

RCMP Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh says the investigation continues into a hit-and-run in Saint-Charles that took the life of 22-year-old Brady Francis of the Elsipogtog reserve.

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She says police want to speak to anyone who saw a grey 2003 GMC Sierra 4 X 4 pickup truck travelling on Richibucto-area roads on Saturday, Feb. 24, between noon and 10 p.m.

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The truck has a camouflaged coloured wind deflector on the hood, camouflaged window deflectors over the driver and passenger side windows, a “Browning” decal over the front windshield, several camouflaged decals on the tailgate and there are also decals on the rear window.

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It’s believed the truck was in and around the Richibucto area, primarily in the communities of Saint-Ignace, Saint-Charles and Saint-Louis-de-Kent.

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Francis was struck and killed on Saint-Charles Sud Road in Saint-Charles around 9:30 that night after he left a party.

The pickup truck was seized by police on Feb. 25 and later returned to the owner after police gathered information required for the investigation.

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