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Man Falls From Cliff In Chilliwack During Outing With All-Terrain Vehicle Group, Dies

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 May, 2015 11:37 AM
    CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Police say a man is dead after he dodged an oncoming all-terrain vehicle and fell off a cliff in Chilliwack, B.C.
     
    RCMP say the 48-year-old was riding ATVs with a group on Windy Knob Trail on Sunday.
     
    The group was stopped on the trail when the man jumped out of the way of another ATV and plunged over the ledge at around 1 p.m.
     
    Emergency crews attended the scene but the man died in the fall.
     
    Chilliwack Victim Services is providing support to witnesses.

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