A Talkeetna man died early Thursday in a tanker-truck collision on the Parks Highway near Trapper Creek. A stretch of the highway is expected to remain closed until this evening as fuel spilled in the crash is cleaned up.
A Talkeetna man died Thursday in a tanker-truck collision on the Parks Highway near Trapper Creek. A stretch of the highway is expected to remain closed until Thursday evening as fuel spilled in the crash is cleaned up.a methane tanker headed south on the highway early Thursday lost control while navigating a corner near highway Mile 133.5. It collided with a fuel tanker headed northbound, driven by 67-year-old David Hope.
Hope’s family has been notified, with his body taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage, according to troopers.
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