TRAFFIC FATALITY: GLENN HWY NEAR BONIFACE

APD CASE: 25-9450

DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: March 28, 2025, 9:18 PM

ROAD CLOSURES: ​Outbound lanes of the Glenn HWY ​are closed at Boniface​ while investigators with the Major Collision Investigation Unit (MCIU) process the scene. Traffic is being routed to the Boniface overpass and then vehicles can get back on the highway outbound from there. Please use alternative routes. 

ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE: The outbound lanes have been reopened.

UPDATE March 30, 2025: Next-of-kin notifications have been completed; the victim has been identified as 54-year-old Eric Black.

UPDATE NARRATIVE: At 9:18 PM on March 28, 2028, officers along with medics from the Anchorage Fire Department responded to the Glenn Hwy near Boniface Pkwy in reference to a vehicle versus pedestrian collision.

The pedestrian was transported to a hospital by medics where they died of their injuries. The victim’s identity will be released once next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed. 

The driver of the vehicle involved remained on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.