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Motorcyclist dies in Kenai Spur Highway crash, troopers say

A motorcyclist died Wednesday after a crash with a SUV on the Kenai Spur Highway, Alaska State Troopers said.

A Nissan SUV turned in front of a motorcycle driving on the Kenai Spur Highway near Mile 18 around 5:06 p.m., troopers wrote in an online statement. The motorcycle collided with the SUV, troopers said.

The motorcyclist, who was later identified as 40-year-old Martin Marlin of Nikiski, was medevaced from the area but died from his injuries shortly after, troopers said.

The Nissan SUV driver was brought to a Kenai Peninsula hospital with minor injuries, troopers said. No one else was in the vehicle.

Troopers are asking that anyone who witnessed the crash call the Soldotna office at 907-262-4453. No charges or citations were immediately issued.

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