Anchorage police release name of man killed in fiery crash
August 12, 2019 12:18PM AKDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died in a fiery crash on the city’s south side.
Police say 36-year-old Gilbert Naomoff died last week on Arctic Boulevard at west Dowling Road.
Police took a call on the crash just before 6 p.m. Friday.
They determined that Naomoff’s compact sedan had been southbound at high speed on Arctic and hit a bridge near railroad tracks. The car rolled multiple times and caught fire.
Responders pronounced Naomoff dead at the scene.
The crash closed Arctic Boulevard for about four hours.