Alaska State Troopers say a 56-year-old Palmer woman and her 16-year-old granddaughter have been killed in a Parks Highway crash that injured five other people. Donna Vaughn and her granddaughter, Coral Hammond, were killed in the Thursday afternoon crash. Vaughn's 60-year-old husband, Donald, and Hammond's 7-year-old sister, Maizy, were injured. The couple and their granddaughters were in a Hyundai Sonata that collided with a GMC truck driven by 68-year-old Ann Peeples of Palmer in an area near Hurricane Gulch. Peeples and her two passengers, Deborah Gilcrest of Anchorage and Doris Thomas of Palmer, were also injured. The crash closed traffic in both directions for hours. KTUU-TV says one lane reopened shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday.

(Associated Press)