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Man killed in ATV accident near Jim Smith Lake

Cranbrook RCMP have responded to their second ATV fatality this month.
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Cranbrook RCMP have responded to their second ATV fatality this month.

On September 23, around 5pm, Cranbrook RCMP were called to a Forest Service Road off of Lakeview Drive near Jim Smith Lake for a report of a quad accident.

People in the area had found a man who had been thrown from an ATV.

Cranbrook RCMP arrived at the scene and found the man deceased.

Cranbrook RCMP, along with the BC Coroner’s service are continuing to investigate. Speed appears to be a factor in the incident.



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Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
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