Setnet rope takes down trooper patrolling on ATV

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kenai
Type: ATV accident
On 7/11/10 at 0003 hours, Soldotna dispatch received a 911 call reporting an ATV crash on the beach south of the mouth of the Kenai River. CES medics, BHP, AST and AWT responded to the scene. Investigation revealed Alaska Wildlife Trooper Abbott was on patrol traveling south on the beach operating a Yamaha Grizzly ATV when his ATV struck a setnet rope that was pulled taut by the tide. The ATV rolled multiple times causing Abbott to be thrown from the ATV. Abbott was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The caller and several other people came to his aid until medics and AST arrived. Abbott was transported by ambulance to Central Peninsula Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The ATV sustained damage but was driven from the beach.

Errant EPIRB

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Haines
Type: EPIRB signal
On 6-22-09, at 0327, Ketchikan AST dispatch received a report of an EPIRB signal activated in the Lutak Inlet area near Haines. The EPRIB was registered to the F/V Morning Light. Haines PD responded to the area and could observe a vessel in the general vicinity, but were unable to raise them on the VHF. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded from Air Station Sitka and eventually located a lone EPRIB washed up on the beach. The USCG believes that the EPIRB was either thrown overboard or fell overboard. All vessels associated with the EPIRB have been accounted for.