Whitehorse Daily Star

Collision proved fatal

A collision at the Yukon River Bridge south of Whitehorse closed the Alaska Highway shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.

By Whitehorse Star on July 6, 2020

A collision at the Yukon River Bridge south of Whitehorse closed the Alaska Highway shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.

The RCMP reopened the highway just before midnight.

Specific details of the accident were still unavailable from the RCMP at press time this afternoon.

The Star has learned it was a multi-vehicle collision, and that at least one person was killed.

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