April 15, 2019 - 4:49 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska State Troopers say three people have died after their snowmobiles broke through ice in northern Alaska.
Troopers say they were notified early Monday morning that several travellers on two snowmobiles had fallen through the ice. One of the travellers made it to Noatak and summoned help from searchers.
Troopers say one person was reported dead and two others unaccounted for.
Searchers found one of the missing travellers, who later died en route to a hospital in Kotzebue. Troopers say the second missing person was found dead shortly before 4 a.m. Monday.
The names of the three deceased travellers were not immediately disclosed.
The deaths come weeks after two Akiak men died after their all-terrain vehicles crashed through ice on the Kuskokwim River.
News from © The Associated Press, 2019