Congratulations Abbotsford Graduates 2015
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JUNE 19, 2015
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Police find vehicle in fatal hit-and-run ‘Person of interest’ connected to SUV
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Abbotsford Police are seeking help from the public in identifying the driver of a vehicle they seized last week in connection to a fatal hit-andrun in January. Const. Ian MacDonald said the vehicle – a grey 2013 Ford Expedition – was discovered last Wednesday (June 10) on a property in the 28600 block of Huntingdon Road. He said police have identified a “person of interest” connected to the Expedition but have not yet been able to arrest anyone or determine whether that person was driving the vehicle at the time of the collision. MacDonald also would not say whether that person is the registered owner of the SUV. The vehicle was found with significant damage to its front end and was taken by police. Const. Ian MacDonald did not reveal what led investigators to the SUV and to the Huntingdon Road property but said it is “definitely” the one involved in the collision that killed 61-year-old Ronald James Scott just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29 in the 2000 block of Mt. Lehman Road. Scott had been riding his bicycle southbound at the time and was struck by a vehicle going in the same direction. The driver fled the scene. MacDonald said police deployed Continued on A4
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