ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The driver of a pickup that collided with a motorcycle in Sterling, fatally injuring a man, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence.
Alaska State Troopers identified the pickup driver as 53-year-old Aprile Cresap. She remained jailed Tuesday in Kenai.
Cresap is represented by the Alaska Public Defender’s Office, which did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
Sixty-year-old Michael Corteg of Sterling died in the crash.
Troopers say Cresap on Thursday afternoon started to make a left turn and saw a motorcycle approaching.
Troopers say she swerved left to avoid a collision but the motorcycle also swerved and struck the front passenger side of the truck.
Corteg was thrown off the motorcycle. He died at the scene.
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