A Winnipeg man is pleading with the Kelowna community to help him learn more about his dad.
Zack Kushnir recently took to social media in the hopes of finding former friends or past coworkers of his late father Nathan Paul Kushnir.
Nathan, after separating from KushnirB次元官网网址檚 mom, moved to Victoria briefly before relocating to Kelowna in the early 1990s.
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Nathan died in a car crash on Highway 33 on March 2, 1998. A commercial truck is reported to have crossed the centre line and hit NathanB次元官网网址檚 car head on. Kushnir believes a friend named David was in the car with his father at the time and survived the collision.
Kushnir contacted BC RCMP and BC Highway Patrol in hopes of finding more details on the crash or even the last name of David, but few details have transpired.
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However, he has also been able to find the coronerB次元官网网址檚 report.
Because Kushnir was so young when his father died, he isnB次元官网网址檛 sure what Nathan did for a career.
The coronerB次元官网网址檚 report that Kushnir received listed NathanB次元官网网址檚 occupation as a trucker, but Kushnir thinks that may have been an error.
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Kushnir remembers his dad living on the waterfront on Watt Road when he visited.
Kushnir knows his father married and he has a half-brother who is believed to still be living in Kelowna. The half-brother was born just after Nathan died. The brothers have never met.
NathanB次元官网网址檚 widow remarried and is also believed to still be in Kelowna. Kushnir has had limited contact with her over the years.
B次元官网网址淲hat IB次元官网网址檓 looking to do right now is connect with anyone that might have known him,B次元官网网址� Kushnir said. HeB次元官网网址檚 hoping to put together a profile of his father and learn more about his familyB次元官网网址檚 past.
Anyone who remembers Nathan can contact Kushnir at zkushnir1588@hotmail.com.
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