The Anchorage Police Department reported Wednesday morning that a southbound portion of Muldoon Road in East Anchorage had been closed while they investigated a fatal accident involving a vehicle and pedestrian.
Police sent out a notice just before 7:30 a.m. that Muldoon was closed between 11th Avenue and Debarr Road for police response to the incident.
APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro wrote that an adult male pedestrian was hit by a Honda Accord while walking across Muldoon outside of a crosswalk just before 7 a.m. The driver stayed on scene and was cooperative with police, Castro wrote. No citations were issued and the collision remained under investigation Wednesday.
Roughly a half-dozen police officers were at the scene and the southbound lane of Muldoon remained closed at 8:30 a.m. A body covered in a white sheet lay in the road. Three police cars shielded it from view of cars passing in the northbound lane.
Two investigators took photos of a blue Honda sedan with a badly damaged windshield and hood, parked in the Fred Meyer parking lot next to the road. Investigators at the scene declined to comment on the incident.
It was the second fatal vehicle-pedestrian accident in just over a week in Alaska's largest city. Arthur Mike, 36, was killed when he was struck by a Chevy Suburban traveling down Gambell Street near the Sullivan Arena late Sept. 9, police said.