Motorcyclist dies after Parks Highway collision in Meadow Lakes

A motorcyclist died Monday night after colliding with a van on the Parks Highway at South Potter Road in Meadow Lakes, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The motorcyclist was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center with serious injuries and was later pronounced dead. Next of kin have been notified. Troopers have not released the rider's name.

"The southbound lanes of the Parks Highway were closed for several hours while Troopers investigated and cleared the scene," troopers said in the dispatch report.

The crash comes two days after another fatal motorcycle collision reported by troopers. Alaska News earlier covered the death of a motorcyclist Saturday at Geist Road and Loftus Road in Fairbanks, where a vehicle turned left across the rider's path. Fatal and serious crashes recur along the Parks Highway corridor. They include a head-on collision at Mile 152 on June 25 that sent one driver to the same Mat-Su hospital.

Trooper Christopher Hall asked witnesses to contact him at [email protected].