Anchorage man charged with DUI after fatally striking pedestrian, police say

An Anchorage man has been charged with driving under the influence after allegedly killing a pedestrian with his vehicle last Thursday and then fleeing the scene.

Police say that the fatal crash happened around 9:35 p.m. Thursday, near the intersection of Fireweed Lane and D Street. Officers say John Ivory, 61, was driving an SUV when he fatally struck a woman, later identified as 34-year-old Lorraine Williams, who had crossed outside a crosswalk near Eide Street. Williams was later pronounced dead at the scene.

In a charging document, officials say officers reviewed traffic camera footage and saw Ivory leave the accident and then drive about a mile and a half to get gas at a Circle K off Minnesota Drive. He later headed down West Northern Lights Boulevard in the wrong direction and eventually parked at Wal-Mart in Midtown, roughly a mile and a half from the gas station…

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