1 dead, 1 injured in Seward Highway rollover near Girdwood
Jun. 1—One man died and another was injured in a Seward Highway single-vehicle rollover early Saturday west of Girdwood, Anchorage police said.
Multiple people called police around 3:53 a.m. Saturday to report the crash, which occurred around Mile 92.5 of the highway between Bird Point and Girdwood, the department said in a later update to a post on its website.
Callers told police that "a sedan was overturned and resting on the railroad tracks," according to the department.
Police and emergency responders found two men inside the vehicle when they arrived at the site of the crash, the department said.
The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, while the driver was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that police described as not life-threatening.
The crash closed the highway in both directions for several hours Saturday morning as police processed the scene.
The Anchorage Police Department said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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