Man dead after ATV rollover left him pinned in creek on Manitoba First Nation
A 53-year-old man is dead after the ATV he was driving rolled and pinned him in a creek, say RCMP.
RCMP believe driver hit steep slope overnight and lost control
A 53-year-old man is dead after the ATV he was driving rolled and pinned him in a creek, RCMP say.
Officers were called around 8:30 a.m. Saturday to North Central Road in Ebb and Flow First Nation, about 170 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
They and other emergency crews found the ATV on its side in a metre of water. The man was under the vehicle and pronounced dead.
RCMP believe he came across a steep slope sometime overnight and lost control of the ATV, which then rolled.
The man was not wearing a helmet.
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