A man from Grand Falls-Windsor has been arrested for taking off from police as they tried to stop him on his all-terrain vehicle.
Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP saw an ATV operating in the parking lot of a business on Duggan Street but when they moved in, the operator hit the gas.
A 32-year-old man, arrested a short time later, has since been released from custody and ordered to appear again on April 14.
He was also ticketed for operating a vehicle without insurance. The machine was seized and impounded.
Last year, 17 people operating recreational vehicles lost their lives, 14 of them on an ATV.