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Juneau Police Investigating Suspected Hit-and-Run on Vintage Blvd

NOTN- A 35-year-old man was hospitalized early Wednesday after police say he was likely struck by a vehicle on Vintage Boulevard.

The Juneau Police Department said officers received a report around 12:37 a.m. of an unconscious man lying in the roadway near First Bank. When first responders arrived, the man regained consciousness but had injuries to his face, hands and legs.

Pieces of a vehicle were found nearby, and investigators, as well as relatives on Facebook believe the man had been hit by a car.

His condition was not immediately available.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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Man missing after falling into ice hole on Mendenhall Glacier

NOTN- An Italian man is missing after falling into a rushing stream on Mendenhall Glacier and being swept into a narrow opening in the ice, authorities said.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers said they received a report around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday that the man had slipped into the water and disappeared into a roughly 2-foot-wide vertical hole. The two people traveling with him told officials they could no longer see him once he fell inside.

Juneau Mountain Rescue deployed a technical ice rescue team, which determined the hole was filled with fast-moving water and too dangerous to search.

Authorities said efforts are ongoing to notify the man’s next of kin in Italy.