ANCHORAGE — A Talkeetna man driving a rare electric car was injured when the vehicle crashed on the Parks Highway.
Alaska State Troopers say ice was a factor Monday in the crash of a blue 2011 Tesla Roadster near Mile 85.
Troopers say 57-year-old Jack West was heading north at about 5:20 p.m. when he lost control on the icy road surface. The car was demolished.
Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain says roads from Willow to Trapper Creek were "pure ice." West was wearing his seat belt and was treated at the scene for head cuts but was not taken to a hospital.
KTUU-TV reported the Tesla Roadster was Tesla Motors' first electric car. It could accelerate from zero-to-60-mph and carried a U.S. base price of $109,000. Production ended in 2011.
