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Two Inuvik youths in hospital following head-on collision between two ATVs

Two kids have been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a head-on collision between two ATVs on Duck Lake St, just off the Mackenzie Road turn off.
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Ned Day helps right an overturned ATV after two kids were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries following a two vehicle collision on Duck Lake St. at the Mackenzie Rd. turnoff. Eric Bowling/NNSL photo
                                            Passerbys and police assist youth following a two-vehicle collision on Duck Lake St. at the Mackenzie Rd. turnoff. Two kids were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Photo courtesy of Edward Wright
Passerbys and police assist youth following a two-vehicle collision on Duck Lake St. at the Mackenzie Rd. turnoff. Two kids were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Photo courtesy of Edward Wright

Two kids have been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a head-on collision between two ATVs on Duck Lake St, just off the Mackenzie Road turn off.

Inuvik RCMP on scene said four youth were riding the ATVs, two on each, when they collided head on at roughly 7 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Eyewitnesses said at least three of the youth were wearing helmets, but two were knocked off by the impact.

Inuvik Drum has reached out to RCMP for further details about the incident.



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