Impaired driving charge laid after northern Alberta ATV crash
Posted May 21, 2019 12:38 pm.
Last Updated May 21, 2019 12:39 pm.
(LAC LA BICHE) 660 NEWS — A man is charged with impaired driving and operating an ATV during a fire ban in northern Alberta.
RCMP and Fish and Wildlife officers patrolling the Lac La Biche backcountry over the Victoria Day long weekend responded to the collision Saturday.
A 23-year-old woman had been thrown from an ATV when the driver lost control.
STARS airlifted the patient out, but there’s no word on her condition.
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Luckily, it appears both riders had been wearing helmets.
A 25-year-old rider from Mannville faces charges.
