Woman found dead on highway near Parksville potential ‘victim of a hit and run’: RCMP
Posted October 11, 2020 5:28 pm.
Last Updated October 11, 2020 9:57 pm.
PARKSVILLE (NEWS 1130) — After a young woman was found dead on the median of Highway 19 near Parksville Saturday, Mounties on the Island are asking for help identifying a “vehicle of interest.”
The discovery of the 22-year-old woman’s body north of Exit 51 southbound closed the highway four-lane highway Saturday.
“Officers are continuing to investigate the circumstances around the woman’s death, however early indications are she was the victim of a hit and run,” reads a release from Oceanside RCMP.
On Sunday, police appealed for help finding a vehicle and its driver.
“The vehicle is described as a brown 1991 Chevrolet Suburban with damage to the driver’s side headlight and bug screen,” according to police.
RCMP release photo of vehicle possibly involved in fatal hit-and-run near Parksville on Vancouver Island on Saturday. Woman in her 20's killed. Vehicle last seen on the Duke Point to Tsawwassen Ferry on Saturday afternoon. @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/iM81Bursde
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The BC licence plate is PD929F, and the vehicle was last seen on Saturday’s 5:15 p.m. ferry from Duke Point to Tsawassen.
Witnesses and anyone else with information or dashcam footage are being asked to call (250) 954-2952 and cite file 2020-430.
