One man was transported to the hospital after a car crash on a newly-opened section of road in Sitka Sunday night.
At about 10:45 p.m., dispatchers received a call of a single-vehicle crash on a stretch of Katlian Bay Road. The winding gravel road opened in early July, extending Halibut Point Road two miles along a cliffside.
Fourteen emergency personnel responded to the incident in three vehicles, along with police. Police Department spokesperson KaJena Pfeiffer said that the 25-year-old driver was the only person in the vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, when it crashed.
Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said that the patient was transported by ambulance to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center. He could not comment on the extent of the driver’s injuries.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash. Further details about the driver’s condition or factors contributing to the crash were not immediately available.
