UPDATE: Troopers have identified the two bodies found inside a car that plunged into the Matanuska River late last week.
an updated dispatch posted MondayAbout 4:30 p.m. Friday, a car left the Glenn Highway, went down the embankment and into the river. Troopers say recovery efforts were suspended at about 8:30 p.m. Friday as the water was too murky for divers to see. Recovery efforts began again at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, the vehicle, a 1995 Toyota Tacoma, was pulled from the Matanuska River. Inside the vehicle, troopers say they found a man and a woman. Original reports from witnesses said a third person was in the vehicle. Troopers said that “there was no evidence to suggest that a third person was in the vehicle.”Most Read
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