1 dead, 2 hurt in collision that caused hours-long Seward Highway closure

One personification was killed and 2 much were injured successful a collision Sunday adjacent Ingram Creek that closed nan Seward Highway for hours, Alaska State Troopers said.

Troopers said successful an online dispatch that they received connection of nan clang involving 2 pickup trucks, adjacent Mile 75 of nan road and its “Welcome to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula” sign, conscionable earlier 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“Investigation wished that a northbound (Chevrolet) S-10 crossed nan centerline and struck a pickup towing an RV,” troopers said successful nan dispatch. “The driver and sole caretaker of nan S-10 was declared deceased astatine nan scene.”

Both group successful nan different pickup motortruck were taken to an Anchorage infirmary pinch non-life-threatening injuries, troopers said. The personification killed successful nan clang wasn’t instantly identified.

The collision closed nan Seward Highway for astir six hours, according to troopers. The origin of nan clang is nether investigation, but troopers opportunity intoxicant is not believed to person been a factor.