Troopers looking for semi driver

By Frontiersman staff
Published on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:47 AM AKDT

TALKEETNA — If that was your tractor trailer loaded with crushed cars troopers found in the middle of the Parks Highway Sunday, they'd like to talk to you.

At 9:27 p.m. Sunday, troopers say, they found the 40-foot trailer where it had come unhitched. It's front-end had dug into the Parks Highway near Mile 96, blocking the southbound lane.

They say the tractor wasn't far off — just 20 feet away — and it was still running.

The 2000 Freightliner appeared to have entered the highway from Montana Creek Road hauling a load of crushed cars.

“The driver fled the scene, failing to sufficiently mark the unmarked trailer and notify the authorities of the accident,” according to the press release.

Comments

4 comment(s)

    junkyard generation wrote on Nov 10, 2009 9:34 PM:

    " the car load of cars crushed and left on the road was from grizzly towing not alaska car crushing,,just to let you know.. we work hard on a good image and they blow it in a big way. sorry mat valley "

    cottonwood49 wrote on Oct 29, 2009 7:31 PM:

    " If I was driving a Freightliner, I'd want to run away too!! Seriously, how hard is it gonna be to track down car smashers? Oh, I forgot the cops are busy with prostitution. "

    not that hard wrote on Oct 29, 2009 4:34 PM:

    " Is it really that hard to track the owner? Crushed cars on a trailer. Obviously a commercial operation. Check the DOT number on the door against the registered owner. The owner will have records of who signed the rig out for that trip. It's that easy. "

    jp wrote on Oct 28, 2009 10:39 AM:

    " this was part of Obamas "cash for clunkers" program, this is what happened to all the traded in cars.
    this is the "Green Technology" everyone is raving about! "

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