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By Ashley Legassic

FATAL CRASH

Alberta man killed in motorcycle crash near Lytton

Sep 5, 2019 | 8:13 PM

LYTTON, B.C. — Police and the BC Coroners Service are investigating after a fatal motorcycle crash on Highway 1 near Jackass Mountain Summit.

BC RCMP say in a news release that at roughly 9:30 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 5) an eastbound motorcycle left the roadway and crashed, killing the rider who was a 69-year-old man from Alberta.

Lytton RCMP, the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, and the BC Coroners Service are investigating. The crash is not believed to be criminal.

Witnesses reported the motorcycle was being driven normally, at or near the speed limit when the crash occurred.

Highway 1 was closed for a period of time.

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Anyone with information on the crash who has not spoken with police is asked to call Lytton RCMP at (250) 455-2225.