27-year-old badly injured in ATV crash near Mount Uniacke

A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after the ATV he was driving went over a nine-metre embankment and crashed near Mount Uniacke, N.S., on Monday afternoon.

The 27-year-old driver was on a service road close to Highway 101 whenhe tried toget the ATV to go around a turn,the RCMPsaid Tuesday.

For some reason he didn't succeed, missed the turn, and he along with his ATV tumbled down the embankment.

The RCMP and paramedics were called to the area around 4:45 p.m. on Monday.

The man wasflown by LifeFlighthelicopterto hospital.

Part of Highway 101between exits three and four was closed for a time to accommodatethe aircraft. The highway has since reopened.

The RCMPsaid they don't know what led to the crash andtheir investigation is ongoing.

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