Glenn Highway closed after fatal accident

PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) – A driver touring alongside the Glenn Freeway exited the roadway and fell Matanuska River under, closing the Glenn Freeway Friday night.

The Alaska State Troopers launched a web based dispatch simply earlier than 10 p.m. Friday night time that categorised the accident as deadly. Troopers reported that each northbound and southbound lanes of the Glenn Freeway have been reopened.

“Quite a few witnesses reported the car, believed to be a Toyota Tacoma, and was believed to be occupied by three people when it went underwater,” troopers wrote. “Mat-Su Dive and Rescue tried quite a few strategies of restoration however have been unable to securely attain the car.”

Troopers wrote that the river is shifting too swiftly and visibility within the water is just too low for dive groups to keep up security whereas within the water. Troopers wrote that restoration efforts had been suspended at 8:28 p.m. and can resume once more when the tide lowers.

“Investigation on scene has proven that the car left the facet of the roadway and traveled down the embankment and finally into the water, lacking the cement boundaries, cable boundaries and metal boundaries for the Bridge,” troopers wrote. “Efforts to establish the people within the car is ongoing.”

On Thursday, a lady died in a crash in Anchorage that closed lanes of the Glenn Freeway for hours, making Friday’s deadly accident the second in as many days to shut the Glenn Freeway.

The Anchorage Police Division launched an up to date group alert simply earlier than 6 p.m. that stated northbound lanes of the Glenn Freeway had been reopened for motorists touring to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough from Anchorage.

“There was a car that had gone off the bridge into the water, the one car concerned,” Alaska State Trooper Spokesperson Tim DeSpain stated.

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