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AK26108175

Location: Wasilla
Type: DUI

Dispatch Text:

On 11/02/2026 at approximately 0630 hrs. A trooper driving eastbound on Palmer Wasilla Highway witnessed a pickup truck strike a moose on the Cottonwood Creek Bridge. Troopers investigating the crash determined the driver of the pickup was intoxicated. The driver, identified as Randy Sparks age 52 of Palmer was arrested for DUI and transported to Matsu Pretrial where he was released OR. 

Posted on 11/2/2026 7:47:31 AM by DPS\mtshelley

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