Police question 2 in pedestrian death on Anchorage sidewalk

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Anchorage police are questioning a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a man on a sidewalk.

Officers shortly before noon Tuesday made an arrest of people inside a stolen sport utility vehicle at 12th Avenue and Cordova Street.

As other officers drove to the scene, they saw another SUV driving recklessly south on Cordova Street.

Police say the second SUV drove onto the sidewalk between 9th and 10th avenues, struck the pedestrian and continued past the officers investigating the stolen vehicle.

Police stopped the second SUV. A female driver and a female passenger were taken into custody for questioning.

No arrests were immediately made in the pedestrian death.

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