Valleyview RCMP are trying to find a vehicle, and the driver, that may have been involved in a hit and run collision that left a man in his 30s dead early Thursday morning.

Police said officers from the Valleyview RCMP detachment received reports of a man lying in the middle of 69 Road, just south of Highway 43 and the Calais Store on the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Reserve.

Officers arrived on the scene to find Percy Papastesis, 32, dead – and police said they believe he was struck by a vehicle before his death.

Anybody with information on Papastesis’ whereabouts or activities before his death, or may know the driver and vehicle that hit him is asked to call Valleyview RCMP at 780-524-3343 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).