New photos released in Salmon Arm hit and run investigation

Salmon Arm RCMP are asking for help in finding the car and driver who struck and seriously injured a woman in Salmon Arm last week.

Police have released two new photos of the suspect vehicle that was travelling westbound of 5 Avenue SW in Salmon Arm between 7:49 p.m. and 7:52 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8.

It did not appear to slow down after the collision. The vehicle apparently turned south onto 5 Street SW after hitting the woman.

The victim, is a woman in her 40’s, who was taken to hospital by ambulance with significant but non-life threatening injuries.

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Police are asking the driver, or anyone with video footage or other information to contact the Salmon Arm RCMP at 250-832-6044 and reference file 2023-7627.

This is the same vehicle a moment later. Credit: Submitted/Salmon Arm RCMP


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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