Published: August 18th, 2008 12:13 AM
Last Modified: August 18th, 2008 12:34 AM
The 12-year-old killed early Saturday morning while trying to cross the Glenn Highway has been identified as Brandy Oktollik.
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She lived in Anchorage with her parents, Ashley and Molly Oktollik, said her grandfather, Martin Oktollik of Point Hope.
Also killed was 16-year-old Jenilee Francis, who recently moved to Anchorage from the Western Alaska village of Chevak. Police say Francis was drunk, as were two other women trying cross the highway, 18-year-old Maryann Kanrilak and 23-year-old Leona Asicksik, both of Anchorage.
The group was crossing the highway at a construction site near Bragaw Street. Police said the four climbed a concrete wall in the construction zone and crossed the highway illegally, about 75 feet away from a legal crosswalk.
The truck was driven by Joseph Gilpin of Wasilla, who was towing a large boat. It was dark when the wreck happened, around 12:13 a.m., and the girls were wearing dark clothes, police said.
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