(BLIND RIVER, ON)- On September 21, 2023, shortly after 10:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and members from the Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on Astles Road in the Town of Blind River.
The 62-year-old ATV driver from Blind River was transported to local hospital in Espanola with life-threatening injuries and later succumbed to injuries.
The OPP’s Traffic Incident Management Enforcement team (TIME) and the Office of the Chief Corner for Ontario – Ontario Forensic Pathology Service are assisting with this investigation.
These off road units can be very dangerous as well as snowmobiles (maybe more so) extreme care should be taken when riding either, most are going too fast for the conditions and most of the time alcohol is involved.
The last thing you need to be is impaired before you ride one of these, it can mean the difference between returning home to your family at the end of the day or not.
You need to use common sense and your best judgement when riding, you should never drink and drink drive any motorized vehicle even on your own property.