Driver kills Anchorage pedestrian at Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard, flees scene

A woman was killed early Saturday at the intersection of the Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard. The driver of the dark-colored SUV that hit her did not stop.

Officers reached the intersection at about 1:22 am and found her in the roadway. Anchorage Fire Department medics pronounced her dead there. Police have not described the driver and called the investigation preliminary.

She died in the part of Anchorage, and at the hour and time of year, where the city's pedestrian deaths concentrate.

An Alaska Department of Health bulletin published in April counted 92 pedestrian fatalities in Anchorage between 2016 and 2025. Midtown accounted for 23 of them, a quarter of the total. The deaths clustered from August through October, between 11 pm and 2 am. September alone accounted for 15.

In 28 of the 92, the driver left.

Last year was the worst in the decade the bulletin covers, with 15 people killed, a rate of 5.18 deaths per 100,000 residents.

Her name will be released once her family has been notified.