Hinton RCMP were called to help a 12 year-old girl involved in an ATV crash in a rural area east of Cadomin on Saturday. The child had become pinned underneath the ATV she was driving after it flipped over in a gravel pit.
Even though she was wearing a helmet at the time, the girl died of her injuries at the scene.
The investigation is continuing, but RCMP say that because of the circumstances which surround the tragic crash, police are not expecting to lay any charges.
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They are, however, stressing the importance of proper ATV training and parental guidance when children are operating ATVs. According to Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation, children under 14 years of age are not allowed to drive an off-road vehicle on public property unless they are being supervised by someone over the age of 18, who has to either be on the off-highway vehicle with the young person, or on a vehicle that is traveling close to it.
Meanwhile, another ATV crash in the Morinville area has left a man and woman people in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. They crashed while riding a side-by-side ATV on a rural private property Saturday evening around 11 p.m. RCMP say alcohol may have been involved. No charges have been laid at this point.
It’s suggested that anyone operating an ATV should first take a safe rider course that is available in most communities.
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