(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) - On November 15, 2025, an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) operator was charged after a lengthily crash investigation.

On August 6, 2025, at approximately 6:15 pm the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a single vehicle collision involving an ATV on Mississauga Avenue. The ATV hit a hydro pole, tangled in lines, and flipped onto a residential front yard fence. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transported the lone operator to hospital for further assessment. After an in-depth investigation, the operator was arrested and charged.   

Marc Aaron DAWLEY-COLE, 23-years-old, from Elliot Lake was charged with:

• Operation while impaired by alcohol
• Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
• Dangerous operation
• Fail to have insurance card

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on January 25, 2026.