Comox Valley RCMP say a missing person investigation is now a probe into a fatal hit and run.
48-year-old Paul Bally, was reported missing in the Fanny Bay area around 11 PM on Monday. About half an hour later, he was found lying in a ditch by Highway 19A. He died in hospital.
He’d been on a bicycle, and RCMP say it seems he was hit by a vehicle.
Constable Don Sinclair says police need the public’s help tracking down the vehicle and its driver.
Bally was a father of two and a middle school teacher.
