Two Fairbanks residents died in a head-on collision on the Parks Highway in Trapper Creek on Monday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
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A southbound Subaru Forester, operated by 38-year-old Fairbanks resident Sasha Hart, crossed the centerline and collided with a Ford F-250 pickup truck headed the opposite direction, according to a statement posted online
Hart and her husband, 41-year-old David Hart, were both pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.
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A toddler in the Harts’ vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries, troopers said, and was transported to a hospital in Anchorage.
The crash occurred in front of Trapper Creek’s Three Bears gas station and shut down the Parks Highway for nearly five hours, though traffic was able to detour through the gas station parking lot.
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Troopers continue to investigate the crash.