Alaska News

Man dies in Glenn Highway crash near Knik River

Anchorage police are investigating a fatal Glenn Highway crash south of Palmer, officials said Saturday.

One lane of the highway was closed in each direction for about three hours at the Old Glenn Highway/Palmer Alternate, near the Knik River, police spokesman MJ Thim wrote in an alert. All lanes had reopened by 6 p.m. Saturday, Thim wrote.

A white Chevy Blazer was driven into a ditch in a single-vehicle crash, Thim wrote. Officers found a deceased adult male at the scene, he said, and a woman with an injured leg was taken to the hospital.

Traffic investigators are working to determine what caused the crash.

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