On Aug. 16, 2012, Burns Lake RCMP received a call that a 17 year old boy had fallen off his Arctic Cat 4 wheeler and has numbness in his feet and a possible back injury at Marilla Road in Ootsa Lake B.C. RCMP members attended along with BC ambulance.
Upon further investigation, it was learned that the driver had avoided some coyotes which ran in front of him. The driver swerved and struck a tree. The driver was air lifted by Air Ambulance BC.
Drugs or alcohol have been ruled out and are not a contributing factor.
