Anchorage Man Charged with DUI, Manslaughter in Saturday’s Fatal Flat Lake Boating Collision

Location of Flat Lake outside of Wasilla. Image-Google Maps
Location of Flat Lake outside of Wasilla. Image-Google Maps

An Anchorage man was arrested on manslaughter and assault charges following a boating accident on Flat Lake following a preliminary investigation by troopers on Saturday late Saturday afternoon.

State and Wildlife troopers and Park Rangers responded to Flat Lake, adjacent to Big Lake after receiving a report of a serious boating accident at 3:04 pm on Saturday and opened an investigation into the incident that caused one fatality and two serious injuries, troopers say.

The investigation found that 26-year-old Reagan Martz was operating a boat on the lake with six passengers and was negotiating a turn on the lake to go around an island. Another vessel with a raft in tow was approaching from the opposite direction. As the two boats closed on each other, they abruptly turned away in an effort to avoid a collision.

While the two boats avoided a collision, Martz’s boat struck the raft with its three occupants. Killed in the collision was 35-year-old Jennifer Horazdovsky of Anchorage. The other two riding in the raft suffered serious injuries.[xyz-ihs snippet=”Adversal-468×60″]Martz had left the scene after the accident and prior to the arrival of State and Wildlife troopers and State Park Rangers. He was located a short time later while operating a jet ski in the area and charged with DUI, Manslaughter and three counts of Assault I.

Next of kin were notified of Horazdovsky’s death.