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Police respond to plane crash

Quesnel

2023-08-04 09:21 PDT

File # 2023-5831

On Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 8:43 pm, Quesnel RCMP received a report that a plane had crashed at Bowron Lake, 28 kms east of Wells.

Police, along with emergency services personnel, attended the crash site and located a person deceased inside the plane. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The RCMP is working alongside the Transportation Safety Board and the BC Coroners Service to determine the cause of this incident. There is no further information available.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Quesnel RCMP at (250) 992-9211.

Released by:

Cpl. Madonna Saunderson
District Advisory NCO (Media Relations)
North District
4020 5th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2M 7E7
Office: 250-561-3166
Cell: 250-301-3521

Email: madonna.saunderson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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