An ATV rider found out the hard way that the ice on Brydon Lagoon in Langley City wasn鈥檛 thick enough on Tuesday morning.

Witness Kirby Hanawalt saw the driver go in while making circles on the frozen surface around 9 a.m.

鈥滻 just said, there鈥檚 a dumb person,鈥� Hanawalt commented.

Hanawalt said the driver was getting too close to the thin ice near the aeration pumps that help circulate oxygen in the man-made pond.

鈥淭he ice is not going to be too thick there. There was an adult the other day ice skating, and they got too close and went in [too].鈥�

He captured the moment on video.

鈥淏rydon Lagoon is so shallow that I didn鈥檛 really worry about it, because it鈥檚 only about three feet,鈥� Hanawal said.

Another witness, who didn鈥檛 want to be named, was not surprised.

鈥淲e鈥檇 just got to the duck pond and there was a fellow out there on an ATV doing donuts and whipping all around the outside, and then they were going in the middle, and the softer ice gave way, which we were all expecting to happen.鈥�

鈥淗e [the rider] managed to get out and then climbed back on it like he was gonna try and get the ATV out. And of course that didn鈥檛 happen and then he just took off down the road.鈥�

RCMP, bylaw enforcement and parks crews arrived at the scene shortly afterwards.

Langley RCMP Cpl. Zynal Sharoom said there was no risk to public safety.

鈥淲e have determined that the individual actually left on foot, so there鈥檚 no safety concerns at this point,鈥� Sharoom told the Langley Advance Times.

鈥淲e would just like to remind the patrons out here to be careful of the thin ice because it is still not strong enough to hold a lot of weight.

Sharoom said the investigation has now been turned over to Langley City bylaw enforcement.

City crews were expected to remove the ATV.

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