CANTWELL, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a man killed last week in a traffic crash on the Parks Highway.
Troopers say 59-year-old Russell Benzel of Fairbanks died in the crash about 15 miles south of Cantwell.
He was identified by the state medical examiner’s office.
Troopers took a 911 call on the incident just after 4:30 a.m. Thursday.
Troopers say a southbound box van driven by Benzel crossed the centerline at Mile 194 and crashed into a UPS tractor trailer driven by 61-year-old Karl Reid of North Pole.
The van caught fire.
Emergency responders pronounced Benzel dead at the scene. Reid was not injured.
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