Alaska
Elim resident dies, child injured in snowmachine collision
A 55-year-old Elim resident died in a snowmachine collision Friday night, Alaska State Troopers said.
The accident, which occurred in the Norton Sound village of fewer than 400 residents, was reported to the agency just before 11 p.m. Friday, troopers said in an online statement. The report indicated that Anna Aukon “was riding in a sled down a road when she was struck by a snowmachine also traveling on the road,” troopers said. Life-saving measures were administered but were unsuccessful, according to troopers.
A young child also sustained injuries in the collision and was medevaced from Elim, troopers said.
Aukon’s next of kin was at the scene, according to troopers, and her body was being taken to the State Medical Examiner Office.
Nome troopers responded to Elim on Saturday to investigate the collision, the agency said.