Man struck crossing Trans-Canada on ATV ticketed

A Macgregor man who had to be airlifted to hospital after he was struck when driving an all-terrain vehicle across the Trans-Canada Highway last month has been ticketed.

RCMP from the Portage la Prairie detachment raced to to the collision between a vehicle and ATV on the highway, near Road 71 West, at about 9:45 a.m. on July 23.

Mounties learned the ATV driver crossed the highway and was hit by the east-bound vehicle.

STARS air ambulance took the ATV driver, a 66-year-old man, to a hospital in Winnipeg. He wasn’t wearing a helmet, but was in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, RCMP say. The other driver, a 67-year-old man, wasn’t hurt.

The ATV driver has been issued several tickets under the Highway Traffic Act and Off-Road Vehicles Act for driving an unregistered vehicle, proceeding before it’s safe, driving while disqualified, operating an off-road vehicle on or across a road, and failing to wear a helmet.

ATVs cannot be legally operated on roadways in Manitoba, though off-roaders with valid driver’s licences are allowed to cross over roads on ATVs.