Car crash with injuries temporarily closes northbound lanes of Seward Highway

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The northbound lanes of the Seward Highway were briefly closed Tuesday morning due to a crash involving multiple vehicles.

According to an alert by the Anchorage Police Department, police and Anchorage firefighters responded to the intersection at Fireweed Lane and the Seward Highway shortly after 7 a.m., where injuries were reported in the collision.

Police shut down all northbound lanes of the highway to clean up and process the scene, but said in an updated message at 8:53 a.m. that the highway was back open.