Search crews find body of ATV rider who went missing near Fraser Valley

A Fraser Valleysearch and rescuecrewsays the body of ayoung man who went missingwhile riding his all-terrain vehicle over the weekend hasbeen found.

A social media post fromKent Harrison Search and Rescuesays that its members responded late Saturday to reports about the missing 21-year-old.

The post says hehad been seen several hours earlier but had not returned from a trip along a forest service road on the east side of Harrison Lake, about 130kilometres east of Vancouver.

Search and rescue says a 16-person crew scoured roughly 30 kilometres of logging roads through the night and rescue efforts resumed Sunday, with assistance from neighbouring Mission Search and Rescue.

The man was found dead near Cogburn Creek on Sunday, it said.

His cause of death and name have not been released.