Tage Brandel Toll

Alaska State Troopers — Anchorage, AK

Accident

End of Watch March 30, 2013

Age 40

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Trooper Tage Toll was killed in a helicopter crash during a search and rescue mission near Talkeetna, Alaska.

Trooper Toll had been picked up by the Alaska State Troopers' Helo-1 at approximately 7:35 pm to assist in searching for a missing snowmachiner near Larson Lake. They located the subject just before 10:00 pm and brought him aboard the helicopter.

The helicopter was en route to Sunshine Tesoro to meet with medics when troopers lost radio contact with it at approximately 11:00 pm. The wreckage was located the following morning after a massive search. Trooper Toll, civilian pilot Mel Nading, and the snowmachiner were all killed in the crash.

Trooper Toll had served with the Alaska State Troopers for 10 years and had previously served with the Kansas Highway Patrol.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife and three sons.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Toll gave the Alaska State Troopers 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alaska. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Toll.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Alaska State Troopers

Location Anchorage, AK

Platform Identity alasgov.anchorage.ak.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 30, 2013

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Tage Brandel Toll is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AK, 14 of 50 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28% of this state's fallen. That is 3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Alaska State Troopers, 5 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.

Alaska State Troopers

of 12 officers

41.7% Accident

AK — Statewide

of 50 officers

28% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident