34-year-old fleeing police dies after driving into flooded quarry, Alaska cops say

A man fleeing police died after driving off a Fairbanks road into a flooded gravel quarry, Alaska police reported.

An officer tried to pull over a Toyota Corolla at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, on suspicion of driving under the influence, but the driver sped off, Fairbanks police said in a news release.

Officers pursued the man, later identified as Carl Robert Ravenscroft, 34, onto a side road, police said. Ravenscroft drove past the end of the road into a flooded gravel quarry.

He got out of the car but then sank out of sight, the release said. The steep quarry walls prevented officers from helping him.

Firefighters also had a difficult time launching a boat to try to rescue Ravenscroft, police said.

They found his body at 9:45 a.m. and plan to recover the sunken Toyota Corolla next week, police said.

Officers ask that anyone with information call 907-450-6550 or email fpdinvestigations@fairbanks.us.

Fairbanks is a city of 32,000 about 350 miles north of Anchorage.

This story was originally published October 13, 2022 at 10:52 AM with the headline "34-year-old fleeing police dies after driving into flooded quarry, Alaska cops say."