Update, 3 p.m. Friday: Anchorage police have identified the pedestrian killed early Monday morning after being struck by a driver on the Seward Highway as 40-year-old Melanie Moonin.
Moonin’s last known address was in Nanwalek, according to an Anchorage police spokesperson. She died on the scene after being struck by a pickup truck traveling north on the highway near Bird Creek.
No charges have been filed at this time. The investigation is ongoing and there were no additional details available, the police spokesperson said.
Original story:
A collision overnight left a pedestrian dead after she was struck by a driver headed north on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage, police said Monday.
The incident occurred at Mile 101 of the highway, near the Bird Creek campground on a coastal stretch of the road that connects Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula. Anchorage Police Department responded to the scene at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning, they wrote online.
According to an initial investigation, police said the driver of a silver Dodge Ram pickup truck hit the woman, who was declared dead at the site of the accident. Police have not identified the woman or the driver.
The pickup truck driver stayed at the scene of the accident and was cooperative, police said. It was not clear how many other people were in the truck at the time of the accident, but none were injured, police said.
The highway’s northbound lanes were closed for hours while police investigated and traffic alternated along the southbound lanes.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.