Anchorage ,AK : Palmer man injured after car-ATV crash on Friday ,july 31st 2015

A Palmer man was injured Friday when his all-terrain vehicle was struck by a car on the Old Glenn Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Troopers responded to the collision involving 21-year-old Cole Archibald, at Mile 12 of the Old Glenn, at about 10:30 a.m. according to a Saturday trooper dispatch. Neither Archibald nor the driver of the 2009 Toyota station wagon that hit him, 29-year-old Palmer resident Laurel Carlsen, were cited in the crash.

“Investigation revealed (Archibald) had failed to stop prior to attempting crossing the Old Glenn Highway,” troopers wrote. “(Carlsen) was southbound on the Old Glenn and attempted to avoid the ATV as it entered the highway. The collision caused Archibald to be thrown from his ATV onto the vehicle then to the road surface.”

Medics took Archibald, who wasn’t wearing a helmet or other protective gear, to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

The collision occurred the day after another crash involving an ATV, in the Wasilla/Big Lake area at the Parks Highway’s intersection with South Johnson Way. Mat-Su Valley emergency responders said a child riding an ATV suffered only minor injuries after colliding with a semi truck, in an impact which sent the child flying into a ditch.

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