Details emerge on deadly Seward Highway crash - KTUU.com
Around 12:18 p. m. , a tour bus slammed into the truck at the rear of the pack: a truck towing a trailer. "The tour bus then collided with a southbound 2011 GMC Yukon driven by John Zollner," troopers wrote in a news dispatch. The SUV was vinyl-wrapped with Zollner's professional name, "The Tax Man," for a tax filing preparation business he ran in Anchorage. Zollner died on scene, and his wife, Amy, was taken by ambulance to Providence Alaska Medical Center, where her daughter, Eiko Benefield, was taken by a LifeMed helicopter. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen would not release the identity of the bus driver, and she said the agency is not allowed to say whether criminal charges will be filed while an investigation continues. Troopers offered an explanation for the time it took to clear the highway: "Due to the number of vehicles involved and massive damage to the trailers, that removal process was time consuming," AST wrote in a dispatch. Source: www.ktuu.com
