On Sunday afternoon, a DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver crashed into Big Goat Lake on take-off, it was reported in the trooper dispatch on Monday. The “Beaver,” flown by 30-year-old Matthew B. Perron, had taken six passengers, from a cruise line that was docked in Ketchikan. The flight had gone to the popular sight-seeing destination in the […]
Alaska State Troopers say the investigation into a bear mauling that led to the death of a juvenile near Girdwood is continuing. AST received the report of the bear mauling that occurred on the Bird Ridge Trail at 1:19 pm on Sunday and Alaska State Troopers, a U.S. Forest Service Agent, Alaska State Park Ranger, Anchorage […]
Two boaters perished and two were taken to the Seward Hospital after an incident outside of Resurrection Bay on Saturday afternoon, it was reported on the trooper dispatch. Alaska State Troopers in Seward were notified at 3:01 pm on Saturday afternoon, that a private fishing vessel outside of Resurrection Bay had capsized. It was reported […]
Late Saturday night, according to AST, as an off-duty trooper was in his personal vehicle on Knik River Road, near Man Made Lake, a man jumped in front of his vehicle as the trooper was underway. The trooper came to a stop and checked on the pedestrian, later identified as 21-year-old Kyle Taylor, and Taylor […]