A 16-year-old ATV driver has been charged with impaired following a fatal collision involving a pedestrian late last month in Pikangikum First Nation. The crash took place Oct. 27 just after 8:30 p.m. on Teachers Road, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Nov. 5. “One individual, a 43-year-old from Pikangikum First Nation, was taken to the local nursing station where he was pronounced deceased,” police said. A 16-year-old from Pikangikum First Nation was charged with impaired driving offences and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date. The investigation remains ongoing, police said. Anyone with information or video footage of the incident is asked to contact the Red Lake OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
