Earlier this afternoon Central Emergency Services responded to a wreck near mile 50 of the Sterling Highway and reported treacherous road conditions.
3:30 pm Update
Clean-up of an accident near Mile 50 of the Sterling Highway towards Cooper Landing is ongoing with Troopers still on scene.
Brad Nelson with Central Emergency Services…
Nelson: “One person was transported with non-life threatening injuries, they were going to take him down to Soldotna.”
He said that originally they got reports of two accidents but there was only one accident.
Nelson added that road conditions are treacherous on parts of the highway headed to Anchorage.
Nelson: “From about Mile 75 and north roads are bad. Up in the pass there’s snow, heavy wet snow, there’s a mixture of rain and snow throughout this whole area so people should take their time and be aware of their travels as they’re going today.”
Original Post:
Central Emergency Services and the Moose Pass Fire Department are responding to two crashes near Mile 50 of the Sterling Highway.
Brad Nelson with CES said there are no reports that the highway is closed but…
Nelson: “If people are planning on heading to Anchorage, they might want to give it an hour or so til everything gets cleared up.”
We will provide further details as they become available.
