Anchorage

Police: Man who walked into traffic on C Street struck and killed by SUV

UPDATE 8 a.m. Thursday:

Anchorage police said Thursday that 58-year-old Steven Whitley of Holy Cross was the man struck and killed by an SUV on C Street late Tuesday.

Original story:

A man died Tuesday evening when he stepped into traffic on C Street south of Tudor Road and was struck by an SUV, Anchorage police said.

The man was not in a crosswalk, police said in an online alert.

A gray 2016 Ford Explorer was northbound on C Street approaching Tudor Road just after 8 p.m. when the man "stepped out into oncoming traffic" and was struck by the Explorer, police said.

The driver, an adult male, was not hurt and performed lifesaving measures until medics arrived, but the pedestrian was declared dead at the scene.

Police asked that anyone with information about the accident, including surveillance video, call dispatch at 311.

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