Slick road leads to single-vehicle wreck in Ketchikan

A Dodge pickup is totaled after it slid into an embankment Saturday morning on North Tongass Highway. No injuries were reported.

At about 6:30 a.m. A 1999 Dodge pickup driven by an 18-year-old Ketchikan man hit a patch of black ice on a curve near mile marker 17, according to the Alaska State Troopers online dispatch. The truck slid off the road and down the embankment, and came to rest on its side. No other passengers were in the truck.

The driver was wearing his seat belt at the time, the troopers report said. The truck was towed from the scene.

KRBD - Ketchikan

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