Police say the man was hit by a vehicle headed north on the highway Thursday evening. He was treated by medics, but died at the scene.
A man walking across the Seward Highway in Anchorage was struck and killed Thursday night, according to police. It’s the third time a person was hit and killed by a car in the city this week.Friday morning that police responded to the collision shortly before 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The man was struck by a Kia Sorento SUV headed north on the highway; he was treated by medics, but died at the scene. He wasn’t immediately named as police notify his family.
Police say the Sorento’s driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. No charges have been filed in the collision. The collision took place the day after a woman lying in the parking lot of South Anchorage’s Walmart store on the Old Seward Highway wasnear East Klatt Road in a hit-and-run collision. Police say a license plate found at the scene led them to the suspected driver, 29-year-old Marsean Hadley, who now faces manslaughter and DUI charges in Pederson’s death.
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