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Carl Robert Aahanaq Ravenscroft
Case # :1514
Gender : Male
Age : 34
Race : Native Alaskan
Date : 10/12/2022
Location : Airport Way+Market St
City : Fairbanks
County : Fairbanks North Star Borough
State : Alaska
Agency : Fairbanks PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Drowning
Event : Drowned during police chase
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
Carl Robert Aahanaq Ravenscroft drowned after being chased into a water-filled gravel pit by Fairbanks officers.
A Fairbanks officer believed 34-year-old Carl Ravenscroft had been drinking or using drugs and tried to traffic-stop him. He drove away when police tried to stop him. Police escalated a chase and he drove onto the end of a road into a steep gravel pit and his car was submerged in deep water. Police allege that he got out of the vehicle but went under the water’s surface as he tried to swim to the shore.He drowned.