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Remember the 81-year-old woman who disappeared during a car trip from Jasper to Kamloops? Clearwater RCMP have located a crash site on the North Thompson River where they believe the car driven by May Millings entered the water.

Remember the 81-year-old woman who disappeared during a car trip from Jasper to Kamloops?

Clearwater RCMP have located a crash site on the North Thompson River where they believe the car driven by May Millings entered the water.

The RCMP team has located what they believe is a section of a car roof and a second piece from possibly under the hood or inside the truck. Both sections are dark blue, and one was tagged General Motors of Canada. 2009 Emission Control Standards.

Milling's vehicle is a 2009 Buick four-door sedan that is blue in color. Neither the woman or the vehicle has been found.

On Oct. 16, police found Milling's wallet in the North Thompson River about 20 km north of

Clearwater, and a search from that point led to the finding of the crash site and Milling's vehicle registration on a rocky bank of the river.

The search has been postponed on the fast moving river until the water level drops further and the visibility improves, said RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel of the Clearwater detachment.

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Quesnel resident, Kenneth Turvey, who had been reported missing has been located. The 57-year-old was located with out-of-town family members.

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Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident on Highway 97 near Pine Valley that left a male pedestrian dead.

Police say the man was hit on the highway by a south bound car and are speculating the pedestrian may have been in the travel portion of the highway where the driver was unable to avoid the collision.

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