Alaska State Troopers had to divert traffic around an accident scene near mile 50 of the Parks Highway after a three-vehicle accident there at 11:10 am on Tuesday, trooper dispatch reported. When troopers arrived at the scene this morning, their investigation revealed that a silver sedan driven by 71-year-old John Hensel was rear-ended while he […]
Rescue teams were poised to hike through rugged terrain Tuesday toward the wreckage of an Indonesian airliner with 54 people aboard that crashed into a mountain Sunday. A search plane spotted the debris from the crash of Trigana Air Flight 267 in the eastern province of Papua early Monday. The ATR 42-300 twin turboprop disappeared […]
Alaska State troopers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash of a private plane that went down in Cook Inlet near Birchwood on Thursday, August 6th. Troopers originally reported on Friday of last week that they had received a call informing them that there was a downed aircraft west of the Birchwood Airport. The Rescue Coordination Center […]
As troopers attempted to pull over a red 1989 Buick Reatta for equipment violations and speeding, instead of stopping, the vehicle sped away, trooper dispatch reported. Troopers attempted to pull over the Buick near South Miller Loop and Dividend Street in Nikiski when it failed to yield and sped away. Officers pursued the vehicle down […]