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Remote ATV crash claims life of Capreol man

Driver, 77, was pronounced dead at the scene on the Old Portelance Gervais Lumber Road 

A single ATV crash yesterday morning claimed the life of a Capreol man. 

Officers from the Sudbury Ontario Provincial Police detachment and paramedics were dispatched to the scene, an unincorporated area on Old Portelance Gervais Lumber Road, at around 10:35 a.m. on Sept. 15.

The scene is approximately 55 km north of Capreol.

“A 77-year-old-person from Capreol was pronounced deceased at the scene,” OPP said.

The investigation is still ongoing with the assistance of the OPP Collision Reconstructionist and the Traffic Collision Investigation Team.