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Man Reported Missing Found Dead In ATV During Camping Trip In Harrison Mills

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 04 Sep, 2014 07:29 PM

AGASSIZ, B.C. - A 45-year-old man who was reported missing while on a camping trip east of Vancouver has been found dead in an all-terrain vehicle near Harrison Mills, B.C.

The B.C. Coroners Service says a search-and-rescue team located the body of Kevin Paul and his ATV quad Wednesday morning in the water at the north end of Chehalis Lake.

The coroners service and the RCMP are investigating how Paul, who was reported missing on Monday, died.

The Mounties are also investigating the death of a 27-year-old man who was killed when his motorcycle struck a car and another motorcycle in Agassiz.

The coroners' service says the incident happened Monday, when Gregory Yusik of Langley was travelling westbound on Lougheed Highway.

He died at the scene.

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