OPP investigate fatal ATV crash in Kapuskasing
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James Bay Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision on Belanger Road North Road in Kapuskasing involving a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle.
The crash took place Oct. 30, with police responding at 12:30 p.m.
"Police located a person deceased at the scene, where a side-by-side ATV was turned over on its side, in the ditch of Belanger Road North," the OPP said in a news release Saturday.
"The OPP's traffic incident management enforcement team and technical collision investigator are assisting with this investigation."
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The investigation is ongoing under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
A post-mortem examination is scheduled to take place at a later time.
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