Wasilla man dies in crash

WASILLA -- A 44-year-old Wasilla man died Friday from injuries sustained in a two-car collision.

Steven Porter was pronounced dead at Valley Hospital shortly after the 7:33 p.m. incident at Knik-Goose Bay and Edlund roads, Alaska State Troopers said.

Porter was a passenger in a 1987 Chevrolet pickup truck being driven south by David Stone, 35, of Palmer. Stone turned his truck in front of a 2000 Toyota van driven north by Paul Bartschi, 32, of Anchorage and the van struck Stone's vehicle on the passenger door, troopers said.

Neither Bartschi nor his pregnant wife, Carma, 26, were injured. They wore seat belts, troopers said, and continued to Valley Hospital where she went into labor.

Stone was treated for undisclosed injuries at Valley Hospital.

No charges had been filed as of Saturday morning, trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson said.