A 25-year-old Anchor Point man and a 53-year-old Homer man were transported by Homer Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical technicians to South Peninsula Hospital. Two other people involved in the accident declined treatment.
According to a Homer Police press release, at 2:31 p.m. a driver heading south in a red Saturn entered the other lane and hit a Nissan pickup truck with two passengers. The Saturn driver suffered a broken arm and facial injuries. A passenger in the truck had possible broken ribs.
Police said they suspect alcohol was a factor.
Alaska Division of Forestry firefighters at about 4:50 p.m. Aug. 20 went to Halibut Cove for a report of a small wildlands fire. According to a State Forestry press release, a fire was reported near a septic field at the Quiet Place Lodge, on the mainland across from Ismailof Island. Methane gas from a septic pipe ignited and burned the length of an underground pipe, spreading to moss and nearby stumps. Cove residents put out the fire by the time firefighters arrived. State Forestry checked the fire and made sure it was put out, said Sharon Roesch, fire safety officer. Roesch said the mound septic field was a new system. Why the gas ignited remains under investigation.
An Alaska State Parks employee at about 10:30 a.m. Aug. 21 reported to Alaska State Troopers that a woman in a Mazda ProtEgE was speeding on the road to the Anchor Point boat launch area and spinning brodies on the beach until her car got stuck. Troopers contacted the woman. According to a criminal complaint, Trooper Bryan Barlow said some of the things the woman said didn't make sense. He said she had watery eyes and constricted pupils.
She denied drinking alcohol. Troopers allege the woman said she smokes about a gram of marijuana a day and had smoked marijuana earlier. Troopers allege she failed field sobriety tests and had a breath-alcohol level of zero. They also found a pipe with residue alleged to be marijuana. They arrested Lindee J. Sprong, 25, for driving under the influence and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.
Homer firefighters and Homer Police went to a rescue call at about 4:10 p.m. Aug. 19 for a 15-year-old girl stuck on a cliff below Saltwater Drive. Rescue workers found the girl about 15 feet down the bluff and about 50 feet above the beach. They pulled her to safety. EMTs treated and transported her to the hospital.
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