Palmer man dies in Glenn Highway crash

PALMER — Alaska State Troopers are investigating a weekend crash on the Glenn Highway that left a Palmer man dead and another person seriously injured.

Gary Saloka, 73, died at the scene of the early Sunday morning crash near mile marker 37 in Palmer, troopers said.

A passenger in Saloka’s GMC Sierra was seriously injured and flown to an Anchorage hospital, troopers said.

Rufelia Blackmer, 44, of Wasilla was heading south on the highway in a Volvo when the vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with Saloka’s northbound truck, according to troopers.

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