A man was found on a mountain biking trail near Cumberland was given CPR. The BC Coroner’s Service is investigating the death of a man who was found along a popular mountain biking trail near Cumberland.
Prompt intervention
The unresponsive man was discovered on a trail called “Blockhead” which is along the Cumberland Watershed. The man was discovered by three other bikers who tried to revive him and called 911. The two of the trio were visitors to the area from England.
They performed CPR for up to 40 minutes until the arrival of the authorities. The trio saw the man go down a trail about 5 minutes earlier and went down the same trail where they came across him.
The rocky trail was apparently wet at the time of the accident and it was raining heavily when firefighters, ambulance personnel and RCMP all attended the scene. The Cumberland firefighters attend to the area for mountain biking crashes often.
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