Flipped boat, trailer cause Sitka road closure on July 4

Flipped boat, trailer cause Sitka road closure on July 4

A section of Halibut Point Road was closed to traffic for two hours on Saturday (7-4-26) after an unsecured trailer carrying a boat flipped near Sitka’s downtown roundabout.  Police Chief Mike Hall said the pickup truck towing a single-axle trailer with a 20-foot boat was passing Swan Lake inbound when a tire on the trailer blew. The trailer detached from the truck and flipped. Hall said the boat wasn’t properly secured to the trailer, and the t…