Two people died and another was injured in a car wreck between Sterling and Cooper Landing on Saturday evening, according to a dispatch from the Alaska State Troopers.
The dispatch reported that near Milepost 64 of the Sterling Highway, a non-commercial van crossed the centerline into oncoming traffic, side-swiping a vehicle and then colliding with another head-on.
The driver of the van, Fedos Martushoff, 55, of Sterling, as well as the driver of the vehicle hit head-on, Matthew Shull, 26, of Seward, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
A passenger in Shull’s car was medevaced to a hospital in the Anchorage area and is expected to live, according to the troopers.
The dispatch stated that the cause of the collision is still under investigation.
Reach reporter Camille Botello at camille.botello@peninsulaclarion.com.
