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The Edmonton Journal reported another ATV-related death in Alberta involving a man who was found in a ditch adjacent to Highway 2 in the vicinity of Sawridge Creek. Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Slave Lake in central Alberta said the man was found by emergency workers around 2 a.m. on July 18. The victim was identified as Christopher Zuberbier of Wagner, Alberta. He was lying unresponsive underneath his overturned ATV when emergency workers arrived at the scene.

Emergency personnel located Zuberbier after receiving a call from an unidentified individual. The workers lifted the ATV off of the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP said that the accident appeared to have happened several hours before it was actually reported. No witnesses have come forward.

Mysteriously, police spotted a band of four or five off-road vehicles driving on Highway 2 less than a mile from the scene of the accident. According to the Edmonton Journal, an officer attempted to approach the group, but it sped off. Police decided not to pursue. Driving ATVs on public roads is illegal in Alberta. Investigators have not been able to determine if Zuberbier was part of the group that police tried to approach.

In rural Alberta, where ATVs and offoading are a way of life, rollovers and other accidents are common. From 2002 to 2009, 100 people died from ATV-related injuries, 89 of which were male. However, in 2006 alone, there were 623 ATV injuries serious enough to require hospital admission. According to records published by the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research, ATV-related hospital admissions grew by 16 percent in a 4-year period from 2003 to 2006.

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