The Latest: Toddler dies when SUV crashes, rolls

TELLER, Alaska – The Latest on a crash near Teller in which a child died (all times local):

9:30 a.m.

Alaska State Troopers say a child killed in a rural rollover crash was ejected from a sport utility vehicle.

Troopers’ spokeswoman Megan Peters says by email the 18-month-old boy died Sunday morning when the SUV crashed at Mile 47 Nome-Teller Highway.

The highway covers 72 miles (116 kilometres) from Nome northwest to the Inupiat village of Teller.

The driver was medically evacuated for injuries described as non-life-threatening.

The names of the driver and child have not been released.

Troopers took a call on the crash just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

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9 a.m.

Alaska State Troopers say an 18-month-old boy died in a rural traffic crash.

The boy was a passenger in a vehicle that rolled near Teller, a community of 263 on Alaska’s west coast about 72 miles (116 kilometres) northwest of Nome.

Troopers took a call on the crash just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

Troopers say the child was ejected from the vehicle and died from his injuries.

The driver was injured and transported to a hospital.

Additional details on the vehicle and the driver were not immediately released.