For missing trucker's children, waiting for answers is getting harder as each day goes by

The family of 51-year-old Brian Lush is still waiting for answers.

They're gathered in their Stephenville, N.L., home waiting for the next phone call and any update from the Ontario Provincial Police about where he might be.

Lush, a commercial truck driver,disappeared over a week ago. He was last seen at a gas station inSummerstown, a communityin eastern Ontario, about 100 kilometres west of Montreal,around 4:30 p.m. ETon Wednesday.

His transport truck was parked outside, unlocked.His personal belongings were still inside, along with the keys and his phone.

Chloe White, Lush's daughter, told CBC News the family is holding on but it's getting harder.

"You never expect this to happen. It's like a nightmare," she said.

"We have been in contact with one officer. Pretty much, like three times a day, he would give us a call but now we narrowed it down to him just going through one family member as it's getting [to be] a lot because our hopes are up when it comes late at night, and sometimes it's just nothing."

The OPP told CBC News on Tuesday there have been potential sightings,but they're mostly partial matches of Lush's clothing along the 401 Highway and on a trail.

He was headed east to Nova Scotia, then planned to take the ferry home to Newfoundland.

Jake White, Lush's son, said his father didn't want to go on the trip. He said Lush wanted to stay home with hisfamily. Chloeand Jake's mom is sick, and Lush's own mother died recently, he said.

"It's good to be home with the family," said White.

"Our house is always full. There's so many people up here, there's so much support, which we're unbelievably grateful for."

WATCH | The CBC's Colleen Connors talks to Lush's children:

Family of Stephenville trucker last seen in Ontario a week ago waits anxiously for info

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Duration 2:28

Brian Lush was last seen at a gas station in Ontario on April 24. He walked away from his truck, leaving his belongings behind. His family, just outside Stephenville, N.L., are waiting to hear something about the man they describe as a gentle giant. The CBCs Colleen Connors reports.

Brian Lush is described as 5'10" with a medium build, 200 lb., brown eyes and short brown hair.He was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, jeans and possibly a ball cap.

The OPP isasking hunters or others with trail cameras in the South Glengarry, South Stormont and Cornwall areas to check for any possible sightings. The police force is also asking for dashcam video from Highway 401 westbound, in the Boundary Road area near Cornwall, from Thursdaybetween 10:30 a.m. ET and noon.

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