TRAFFIC ​COLLISION​: O'MALLEY RD AND LAKE OTIS PKWY 

DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: ​October 24, 2026, at approximately 6:55 PM​ 

At ​approximately ​6:55 PM on ​October 24, 2026​, officers assigned to ​patrol​ responded to the intersection of O’Malley Rd and Lake Otis Pkwy in reference to a multi vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation found that a vehicle was traveling westbound on O'Malley Rd approaching the intersection of O'Malley and Lake Otis Parkway and collided into the rear of a second vehicle which then collided with a third vehicle, who were both stopped at the light.

The occupants of vehicle 2, which included U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver and sole occupant of the first vehicle was also transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The occupant of vehicle 3 refused medical transport. 

The circumstances of the collision are under investigation. 

APD CASE: ​26- 27979​ 

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