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Coroner ID's Surrey man killed in Rock Creek crash

Douglas Lawrence Leighton, 50, was driving on Highway 3 that afternoon when his car collided with a pickup truck. He died at the scene.
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Surrey man was killed in Rock Creek traffic collision

SURREY — The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a Surrey man who died in a traffic collision near Rock Creek on October 3rd.

Douglas Lawrence Leighton, 50, was driving on Highway 3 that afternoon when his car collided with a pickup truck. He died at the scene.

Coroner Larry Marzinzik said the BC. Coroners Service and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate the fatal collision.

tom.zytaruk@thenownewspaper.com



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