Anchorage police say two men died in separate incidents over the Labor Day weekend, including an unsolved hit-and-run collision as well as a police chase that partially closed the Glenn Highway.
The vehicle-pedestrian collision that killed Arthur Stepetin Jr., 63, happened about 8 p.m. Friday at Boniface Parkway and East Northern Lights Boulevard. Police said Anchorage Fire Department medics took Stepetin to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
“Further investigation revealed (Stepetin) was not in a crosswalk when he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee driving westbound in the left lane of Northern Lights (Boulevard),” police said in a Tuesday update. “The vehicle has been located.”…