Since 1995, Fair officials have agreed to take part in the food drive, with help from many volunteers, such as the 168th Air National Guard Unit, who collected the cans at the gate yesterday. The Food Bank recorded a total of 480 volunteer hours moving the nearly 40-thousand pounds of canned food collected. The Food Bank says that this amount of food will last until November, when they begin pushing their winter food drives. Lucas Goodhand was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday morning. Three companions in the RV were injured.
Troopers say none of their injuries are considered life-threatening.
The four were just over the top of Thompson Pass headed down a long descent toward Valdez around 5 o-clock this morning. That's when the 1978 Champion veered off the road. It rolled down an embankment and landed in a pond. The four apparently were returning to Valdez after attending the Talkeetna Bluegrass Festival. Troopers say it isn't clear who was driving.