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UPDATE: Answers needed in Kamloops motorcycle fatality investigation

RCMP Traffic Services

KAMLOOPS - RCMP Traffic Service officers are seeking witnesses to a fatal motorcycle collision that occurred near Kamloops.

Kamloops RCMP responded Aug 9, at 9:45 p.m. to a report of a crash on Highway 1, near the Lafarge Exit. A westbound motorcyclist was travelling along the highway when they hit a deer causing and fell off. The rider was then struck by one or more vehicles.

It is believed that the drivers of vehicles that struck the rider may not have realized that they had done so, RCMP said in a press release.

Anyone who was in the area at the time, including commercial vehicles, is asked to contact RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services at 250-828-3111.

-This date in this article has been changed from Aug. 8 to Aug. 9. RCMP originally sent out an incorrect date.


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