Nikiski woman dies in crash on Kenai Spur Highway

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska State Troopers are investigating the traffic death of a Nikiski woman.

Trooper say 73-year-old Kim Lee died at the scene of the Tuesday afternoon crash on the Kenai Spur Highway.

According to troopers, 82-year-old George Delano of Nikiski was driving a pickup truck when the vehicle cross over the centre lane at milepost 18 of the highway.

Troopers say the vehicle struck Lee’s pickup truck.

Delano was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Trooper say both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

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This report has been corrected to show the crash victim was a woman, not a man.