Car goes through school fence

BUTTE — Alaska State Troopers are looking for the car that crashed through the fence of the Butte Elementary School on Friday.

They think it might be a Chevrolet Impala.

According to a trooper press statement, officers were called to the school shortly before 5 a.m.

On scene, the found that someone driving on South Butte Road had driven through a locked gate and over a chain link fence. Troopers estimate the damage to both the gate and the fence at $1,500.

The driver was nowhere to be found. But he left some evidence behind.

“Vehicle parts located on scene have determined the vehicle may be a 2006-2009 Chevy Impala with damage to the front right side of the vehicle,” troopers wrote in their press statement.

Anyone with information is asked to call troopers at 745-2131 or Mat-Su Crime Stoppers at 745-3333.

Death-defying moose dead

HOUSTON — A moose that narrowly escaped one vehicle this week wasn’t so lucky with a second.

Alaska State Troopers were called to investigate the crash at Mile 53 Parks Highway shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday.

They say Donald E. Tucker, 72, of Willow, was southbound driving a 2001 Jeep Cherokee when a moose crossed in front of him. Tucker only grazed the moose, causing slight damage to he Jeep’s headlight.

The moose continued across the road where it met its doom.

Larry L. R. Baker, 16, of Houston, was in that lane, driving a 1990 Pontiac Grand Am. He hit the moose head-on. The moose rolled up onto the car’s windshield, totaling the Pontiac.

Troopers say one passenger in the Grand Am had injuries that were not life threatening and was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center for evaluation.

Otherwise, troopers report, with the exception of the moose, no one else was injured.