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A man has died after a mountain biking crash on a popular trail in Fernie, B.C., on Canada Day, according to Elk Valley RCMP. <\/p>\n
Const. Mike Wilson says police received a call from B.C. Ambulance Service at about 12:35 p.m. PT Wednesday, asking for help with a mountain biker who had crashed on what was initially an unknown trail. Police later confirmed it was Trail Dogs, in the city’s Coal Creek area.<\/p>\n
The incident comes during Fernie\u2019s busy summer biking season, when the community\u2019s trail network draws both local riders and visitors to the community in southeast B.C.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Trail Dogs is part of Fernie\u2019s flow zone, a machine-built trail area close to town, and is used by beginner to intermediate riders, according to the Fernie Trails Alliance. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Wilson says Fernie Search and Rescue was already on scene when police arrived. He says doctors who happened to be mountain biking in the area also helped. <\/p>\n
“Life-saving efforts were made but were unsuccessful,” Wilson said. <\/p>\n
The man was pronounced dead shortly before 2 p.m., according to Wilson. He says the rider had been with a group, but no one else was involved in the crash. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
“It looked like just a super unfortunate accident,” Wilson said.<\/p>\n
The RCMP investigation was completed Wednesday afternoon, and he says there is no ongoing public safety concern for trail users. <\/p>\n
Executive director of Fernie Trails Alliance Melanie Wrigglesworth says the incident has been difficult for the rider\u2019s family and the local trail community. <\/p>\n
“This is a very rare event for this type of thing to happen on the trails,” she said. “And it’s quite shocking for everybody.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wrigglesworth says riders should assess trails before increasing speed. <\/p>\n
“Pre-ride, re-ride, free-ride,” she said. “Mountain biking is an inherently risky sport and so I encourage everybody to follow that mantra.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Fernie Trails Alliance has offered condolences to the rider\u2019s family and friends, and is asking people to be sensitive to those affected. <\/p>\n
Wilson says the group appeared to have taken safety precautions, including wearing helmets and pre-riding the trail. <\/p>\n
The Fernie Trails Alliance temporarily closed Trail Dogs after the incident. Wrigglesworth says the trail reopened at 2 p.m. Thursday under guidance from RCMP and Fernie Search and Rescue. <\/p>\n
The B.C. Coroners Service says the investigation remains open, and no further information is being released at this time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-777100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}