South Anchorage, AK : Anchorage taxi driver killed in early morning crash on Saturday, 13th October 2018

An Anchorage taxi driver was killed in a T-bone collision on the Old Seward Highway early Sunday morning, police said.

Police were called to the intersection of Old Seward Highway and 79th Avenue, near Dimond Boulevard, at 1:27 a.m. on Sunday, the Anchorage Police Department said in a statement.

A red Mitsubishi Mirage was driving south on the highway when it T-boned a taxi driver who was pulling out from 79th Avenue, the APD said in a statement Sunday.

The male driver of the taxi, who has not been identified by police, was declared dead at the scene. He was the sole occupant of the taxi.

The Mitsubishi caught fire, and the two occupants were taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

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