Authorities confirm 4 dead in helicopter crash in Alaska
Alaskan officials confirmed Sunday that all four people in a helicopter that crashed into a remote lake near the town of Utqiaġvik have died.The state Department of Natural Resources identified them as employees Ronnie Daanen, Justin Germann and Tori Moore. Pilot Tony Higdon also died, he said. No ages were given.The accident happened around 7 p.m. Thursday about 51 miles south-southwest of Utqiaġvik, which claims to be the northernmost city in the US. It was previously known as Barrow. The Department of Natural Resources said the three state employees, described as geological survey workers, were conducting an airborne field investigation…
