Accidents that occured in Alaska or impacted Alaska residents.
Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed and 12 others injured in a military vehicle accident in Salcha, Alaska. The incident occurred on Monday when a military transport vehicle flipped on a dirt road leading to a training area. The soldiers, Brian Joshua Snowden and Jeremy Daniel Evans, tragically lost their lives in the crash.
Two members of the United States military are dead and a dozen more injured after a military vehicle accident near Salcha, Alaska. Seventeen members of the 11th Airborne Division were riding a light medium tactical transport vehicle in the Yukon Training Area when the accident occurred.
Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists from the sunken wreckage of their aircraft in Wainwright. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The victims have been identified as Ronald Daanen, Justin Germann, Tori Moore, and Bernard Higdon.
Jim Tweto, a noted bush pilot and member of the reality show “Flying Wild Alaska,” has died in a plane crash in Alaska. Tweto, 68, was identified as the pilot, while his passenger was identified as hunting and fishing guide Shane Reynolds, 45, of Orofino, Idaho.
Elder Izaak Orion Card from Anchorage, Alaska died in an accident in a rural area of Brazil near the city of Tibagi on Friday evening. The Church said four missionaries were on a bus when it was hit by a semi-truck, killing Elder Card.
Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed in Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth. The cause of the crash is under investigation.