DOYLE TOWNSHIP — A Gulliver man is dead after an ORV accident in Schoolcraft County Monday night.

Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post say that 75-year-old William Pawley of Gulliver was riding on a private property trail in Doyle Township just after 8:00 p.m., when he lost control of his ORV. Pawley was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Police say that alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident. The accident remains under investigation.