A downed aircraft, a Piper PA-18A closed Spenard Road for a short time on Sunday, Anchorage police report. The single-engine aircraft on skis was forced to make an emergency landing in front of the Marriott Hotel near the Lake Hood Seaplane Base. The pilot, who suffered minor injuries in the mishap, reported an in-flight emergency […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the identities of the Saturday night helicopter crash victims and also report that the sole survivor of the crash, 48-year-old Czech Republic resident David Horvath, remains in serious but stable condition at an Anchorage hospital. AST was notified of an overdue helicopter and the location of possible crash debris near […]
Anchorage police responded to the 5200-block of Caribou Avenue on Thursday morning in reference to a fatal accident involving a Blue Arctic Waste garbage truck driver they report. Witnesses to the accident administered CPR on the driver until medics arrived on the scene but he was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter. APD opened an investigation at […]
APD reports that officers went to an address on the 500-block of Ocean Point Drive at 10:04 am on Wednesday to make contact with an individual who had three outstanding warrants for his address but had to bring in Crisis Negotiators when he did not comply and turn himself over to officers. Upon arrival, two […]