October 12, 2016 - 11:36 AM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Latest on a fatal Anchorage traffic crash (all times local):
10:30 a.m.
Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died Tuesday in a traffic crash.
Police say 57-year-old Joseph Pineda died.
The cause of death remains under investigation. Police say Pineda may have suffered a medical problem before the crash.
Pineda shortly before 5 p.m. was driving south on Elmore Road in east Anchorage and made a right turn onto Dowling Road.
However, his car crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a sport utility vehicle head-on.
Doctors at an Anchorage hospital pronounced Pineda dead.
Two people in the SUV were treated for injuries police describe as non-life-threatening.
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7:45 a.m.
Police say the man was driving a car south on Elmore Road and started making a right turn onto Dowling Road.
Instead of completing the turn, the driver drove into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on with a sport utility vehicle.
The driver of the car was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
Police say two people in the SUV suffered injuries that were not considered life
Anchorage police say a man found dead in a traffic crash Tuesday may have had a medical problem.
An autopsy has been ordered for the driver who crashed head on just before 5 p.m. in east Anchorage.
Police say the man was driving a car south on Elmore Road and started making a right turn onto Dowling Road.
Instead of completing the turn, the driver drove into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on with a sport utility vehicle.
The driver of the car was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
Police say two people in the SUV suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. They were taken to a hospital.
The name of the man who died has not been released.
News from © The Associated Press, 2016