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UPDATE: Truck involved in Kamloops hit and run located

UPDATE: Truck involved in Kamloops hit and run located | iNFOnews.ca
Crews clean up following a hit and run on Summit Drive Tuesday evening, Jan. 5, 2016. Credit: Shutterstock Photographer: Glynn Brothen

KAMLOOPS – One driver is in hospital and officers were searching for the driver of another vehicle that left the scene of the collision in Sahali late this afternoon.

The collision occurred near Summit Drive and Waddington Drive in Upper Sahali today, Jan. 5. RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Darren Michels says a male driver is in hospital and being treated for non-life threatening injuries while officers searched for the truck that fled the scene. The truck was located a short time later not far away.

Traffic is flowing in the area, although slowly. Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible. It’s expected traffic will be impacted for several hours.

If anyone with information about the collision is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Jennifer Stahn at jstahn@infonews.ca or call 250-819-3723. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 6:18 p.m., Jan. 5, 2016, with an update from RCMP that the truck was located.

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