BC Highway Patrol seeks public help to investigate recent collisions

BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) says it’s looking for witnesses and dashcam footage for four recent fatal collisions.

In a release on Wednesday, Mounties asked the public for footage of the following incidents, including up to an hour before the collisions.

The most recent collision happened last week on Highway 97 near Dawson Way, in which BCHP says a pedestrian died. Highway patrol is looking for anyone who hasn’t already spoken to the police and has dashcam footage from between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11. To submit footage for that incident, Fort Nelson BCHP can be contacted at 250-354-5180.

On Tuesday, Aug. 6, between 1:30 p.m. and 2:35 p.m., a collision happened on Highway 1, between Langley and the Vedder Canal Bridge in Chilliwack. To share evidence of that incident, the public is asked to contact Const. Travis Singh at 604-702-4039 or email travis.singh@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Another incident on Highway 1 at Exit 165 in Hope, westbound and eastbound happened on Monday, July 29, between midnight and 1 a.m. To submit footage of that incident BCHP can be contacted at 604-702-4039.

An incident on Highway 6 between Hills and Summit Lake on Friday, July 5, between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Those with dashcam footage are asked to contact BCHP in Nelson at 250-354-5180.

BCHP has asked the public to submit their appropriate footage even if they don’t think it’s relevant.

“We need to find out what happened to our victims and bring closure to the families. Even the smallest piece of information matters,” said Corp. Melissa Jongema, BC Highway Patrol Media Relations Officer.

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