{"id":20274,"date":"2021-03-16T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=20274"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:28:18","slug":"rcmp-locate-lost-atv-rider-in-goffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=20274","title":{"rendered":"RCMP locate lost ATV rider in Goffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOFFS:<\/strong> Halifax District RCMP have located a lost ATV rider after he became separated from his group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 13, at approximately 8:10 p.m., Halifax District RCMP received a call from a missing ATV rider in an area off Old Guysborough Rd. The ATV rider had become separated from friends, gotten stuck and was getting cold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police were able to acquire his GPS location through his cell phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP deployed a police ATV but were only able to get partway to the lost rider. Members had to continue their search on foot and heard a male yelling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 11 p.m., police located the male. His ATV was stuck in mud and he had lost one of his boots. Members were able to use a hat, sock and tape to make a temporary boot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The male was able to walk by himself to the police vehicle, where he was transported to the main road by 11:55 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP would like to remind riders to always tell someone when you are leaving and when you will be back. Avoid riding alone and carry a first aid kit, tow rope, and overnight bag in case you need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional safety tips can be found in the Government of Nova Scotia\u2019s Off-Highway Vehicle Handbook: <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/ohv\/riders_handbook.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/ohv\/riders_handbook.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File # 2021-30530<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;113&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] GOFFS: Halifax District RCMP have located a lost ATV rider after he became separated from his group. On March 13, at approximately 8:10 p.m., Halifax District RCMP received a call from a missing ATV rider in an area off Old Guysborough Rd. The ATV rider had become separated from friends, gotten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1213,665,14],"class_list":["post-20274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-atv","tag-goffs","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}