Medics responding to a snowmachine near Port Alsworth Sunday afternoon tried to save 19-year-old Alexia Wolfson's life, but she was declared dead at the local clinic.
A snowmachine crash near Port Alsworth left one person dead and another in critical condition on Sunday, according to an online release from . Troopers say they received a report at 12:49 p.m. that two people were at the scene of a single-vehicle collision.
Community members and a health aide responded to the crash and found 19-year-old Alexia Wolfson of Chugiak, who did not have a pulse. The first responders tried to save her, but Wolfson was declared dead at the Port Alsworth clinic. Another person was critically injured and medevaced to a hospital in Anchorage.
The state medical examiner’s office and Wolfson’s next of kin have been notified, and troopers say they are investigating the cause of the crash.
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