RCMP investigating, asking for public assistance, after fatal hit and run in Sheshatshiu
Police have found the ATV, still looking for driver
The RCMP are investigating a fatal hit and run in Sheshatshiu after a 29-year-old man died early Saturday morning as a result of an ATV-pedestrian collision.
In a media release, the RCMP said officers responded to the call at 4:15 a.m. after a report that a man had been struck and the ATV driver had fled the scene.
Police say the victim was found unresponsive and was transported by ambulance to the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. He was later pronounced dead.
The RCMP said they have found the ATV they suspect was involved in the collision and are attempting to locate the driver.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision, or was in the area of Matshateau Street in the hours before 4:15 a.m., to contact Sheshatshiu RCMP at 709-497-8700 or Crime Stoppers.