Troopers: 55-year-old man struck by Jeep while crossing Parks Highway dies

A 55-year-old man was killed Friday night after a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck him in Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers report.
The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of his family, was crossing the Parks Highway near mile 49, according to an online trooper dispatch. Troopers were responded to the crash scene shortly before 11 p.m.
“The male was crossing in an area the does not have crosswalks and does not have roadway lighting,” troopers noted in the dispatch.
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