Teen dirt-bike rider fatally struck Big Lake woman on pedestrian path, troopers say

An Alaska State Trooper motortruck astatine a Wasilla stoplight successful September 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media record photo)

A 79-year-old Big Lake female has died, aft Alaska State Troopers opportunity she was struck by a ungraded motorcycle being illegally driven connected a pedestrian path.

Troopers opportunity nan clang was reported astir 4:30 p.m. Monday adjacent Big Lake. Nadara Williams was taken to a infirmary but died nan adjacent day, according to a trooper dispatch.

“A preliminary investigation revealed that a Yamaha ungraded motorcycle was being operated connected a paved stepping way astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile nan usability collided pinch Williams,” troopers said.

According to troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel, nan collision occurred on Big Lake Road adjacent South Casey Drive. Williams had been stepping pinch different personification erstwhile she was struck.

Troopers said nan ungraded bike’s rider, 19-year-old Brendan Clark of Anchorage, was initially cited for driving an off-highway conveyance successful an area intended for pedestrians. Court records showed a $100 good levied for nan offense, which was paid Tuesday.

The clang remains nether investigation pinch much charges imaginable successful Williams’ death, according to nan dispatch.

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Troopers said successful nan dispatch that they wanted to item nan dangers of operating centrifugal vehicles connected pedestrian paths.

“Not only is this a usurpation of Alaska law, it is incredibly vulnerable and puts nan lives of pedestrians and nan usability astatine consequence of superior injury,” troopers said.