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Child killed in rollover on Glenn

November 15, 2010|by Channel 2 News Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 6-year-old boy was killed in an accident on the Glenn Highway Sunday night.

Anchorage police say that the crash happened at about 5:05 p.m. Katherine Ferguson of Eagle River was visiting family in Birchwood with her four children.

Police say that on her return to Anchorage, Ferguson was merging into the left lanes when she veered into the median, went down an embankment and flipped several times.

Her 6-year-old son, John Ferguson, was partially ejected from the truck – a 2000 Ford Supercab with a snowplow – and the truck came to rest on him.

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Police say passing motorists lifted the vehicle off the child and he was transported by helicopter to Providence Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Both inbound and outbound lanes were closed for a short time for the helicopter, and police routed traffic to the Old Glenn Highway at North Birchwood for about three hours to investigate the scene.

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