ARTY WEEKEND – Petersburg artists Pia Reilly, left, and Suzanne Fuqua set up labels under their paintings this afternoon at the Sitka Public Library. The women are hosting a reception for the show tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. Their art will be on display through the end of the month. Sitkans have the opportunity to see more art Saturday during the Greater Sitka Arts Council Art Walk from 4 to 8 p.m. at downtown businesses. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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4 Killed in Car Crash Near Petersburg
From the Petersburg Pilot
Four people were killed in a single-vehicle car crash late Monday night or early Tuesday morning on Mitkof Highway south of Petersburg, Alaska State Troopers report.
The four occupants of the vehicle – three men and a woman – were dead when Troopers came upon the crash site near Mile 27 of the forest highway after 10 a.m. Tuesday as they responded to a welfare check.
Authorities identified the occupants of the vehicle as Siguard Decker, 21 and his sister Helen Decker, 19, of Wrangell; Ian Martin, 29, of Petersburg; and Dennis Lord, 37, of New York.
A black SUV lies on its side where it came to a halt after a crash in Petersburg. All four passengers inside in the vehicle were killed. (Photo courtesy of Dave Berg)
In a press release the Troopers said an initial investigation shows the SUV left the roadway at a high rate of speed and struck several trees, destroying the vehicle. The occupants of the vehicle were wearing seat belts, and airbags were deployed.
The news release said alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash, and the investigation is ongoing. Troopers from Juneau have been deployed to assist with the investigation.
The bodies were transferred to Petersburg Medical Center, Petersburg Assistant Fire Chief Dave Berg said.
The Petersburg Pilot said Bob Thorstenson Jr., who manages the seiners F/V Magnus Martens of Juneau and F/V Vigilant of Petersburg that the crew had been fishing on, called the Decker siblings close family friends who had just wrapped up purse seining on Sunday “in some of the roughest weather he’d ever seen.”
They had stopped in Petersburg to meet a marine mechanic after one of the vessels had engine trouble, the Pilot said in its story.
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