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UPDATE: Motor vehicle incident leads to fatality, search for semi-truck

UPDATE: According to a release on December 20th, Police have located the white B-train International ProStar believed to have been involved in the Highway 2 collision. Click here for the latest update.

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DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — After a fatal motor vehicle incident on Highway 2, police are looking for help identifying the Freightliner involved.

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On December 15th, at 5:42 p.m. Dawson Creek RCMP received a call of a head-on collision on Highway 2 near the Dawson Creek Airport road.

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Upon attending the scene, the detachment said officers located a GMC pickup truck extensively damaged and a semi-truck that remained at the scene.

A male occupant was pronounced deceased, according to police.

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Truck involved in fatal MVI. (Supplied)
Truck involved in fatal MVI. (Supplied)

Dawson Creek RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a white B-train Freightliner tractor-trailer with a tarped load of plywood, possibly heading east towards Alberta.

Truck involved in fatal MVI. (Supplied)
Truck involved in fatal MVI. (Supplied)

On Saturday, police released additional information detailing the vehicle of interest’s description.

If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact the Dawson Creek detachment at 250-784-3700.

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Shailynn has been writing since she was 7 years old but started her journey as a journalist about a year ago. Shailynn was born and raised in Fort St. John, and she plays video games during the week and D&D on the weekends. More by Shailynn Foster

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