Crash temporarily shuts down Seward Hwy overnight

(Rick Rysso / KTVA) (Rick Rysso / KTVA)
Last updated at 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 28
The Seward Highway was completely closed in both directions for about five hours overnight following a crash at mile 76 near Portage Glacier Road.
The crash occurred sometime just before 11 p.m. and the road finally reopened to traffic around 4 a.m.
Whittier police were first to respond, according to Walter Hebb, the first motorist to arrive at the scene. Girdwood first responders, Anchorage police and the Ancho