Anchorage woman struck and killed by SUV on Muldoon

An Anchorage woman, Bertha Nesbit, 62, was struck and killed by an SUV on Muldoon Road Saturday night, according to police. Officers said they received the call at about 10 p.m. Nesbit was crossing Muldoon between Peck and Duben avenues when she was hit by a Ford Escape. Fire department medics attempted lifesaving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the driver remained on scene. No charges have been filed as of the report. Investigators closed part of Muldoon for about five hours. Nesbit was the eighth pedestrian killed by a vehicle in Anchorage this year and the second fatality in less than a week.