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Young Alberta resident dies after quad ATV careens over B.C. cliff

VALEMOUNT, B.C. – An Alberta man has been identified as the person killed when an all-terrain vehicle plunged over a cliff in eastern British Columbia.

The BC Coroners Service says 21-year-old Christopher Humphries of Westlock, Alta., died July 12.

He lost control of his ATV while riding near Kinbasket Lake, about 100 kilometres south of Valemount, west of Jasper National Park.

The BC Coroners Service says Humphries plunged over a 125-metre cliff.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The coroner and RCMP continue to investigate the incident.

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