An Eagle River man died and a Valdez woman was hospitalized after a head-on crash Tuesday on the Glenn Highway near Matanuska Glacier, troopers say.
Derek Koso, 39, was southbound in a 1998 Jeep Cherokee near Mile 100 just before 6 p.m. when he crossed over the center line into oncoming traffic, troopers wrote in an online statement. Koso’s Jeep collided head on with a northbound 2018 Jeep Compass driven by 45-year-old Charis Gray, troopers said.
Koso and Gray were airlifted to hospitals, troopers said. Koso died at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, troopers said.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing, troopers said.