Search continues for missing driver

FAIRBANKS - Rescuers have found the personal effects of a missing federal customs agent whose car was found in a creek near a rain-damaged section of the Taylor Highway.

But Alaska State Troopers say there's no sure sign that 56-year-old Charles Collins of Eagle River escaped the torrent.

Collins has been missing since his car rolled 200 feet down a steep embankment near mile 114 of the highway and ended up in rushing waters. Troopers were notified early Tuesday.

A customs official say Collins was in a government vehicle on his way to run an errand. He has been a customs officer since 2002 and is based out of Anchorage.

The highway has been closed between Eagle and Chicken since Monday after a storm washed out portions of the road.