A woman walking across Benson Boulevard in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood was struck and killed in a collision with an SUV on Saturday, police said.
Anchorage police responded at 7:10 p.m. on Saturday to a collision near the intersection of Minnesota Drive and Benson Boulevard, police said. A preliminary assessment indicated that the woman was walking across Benson not in a crosswalk when a man driving a Dodge SUV eastbound struck her, police said.
Medics from the Anchorage Fire Department responded to the incident and determined as the pedestrian was dead, police said. The victim’s name will be released when the family is notified, they said.
The man driving the Dodge stayed on the scene and cooperated with police, according to the statement. No decisions have been made about charges, police said.