ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 60-year-old woman was held on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs after a traffic crash that seriously injured two children on bicycles in Eagle River.
Anchorage police shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday arrested Vicie Zielinski.
Online court records do not list the case in state court and it was not immediately known if Zielinski has an attorney.
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Police say a boy and girl were riding bikes on the sidewalk of the Old Glenn Highway near Coronado Street when a car drove onto the sidewalk as if making a lane change.
The car accelerated to high speed and struck both children head-on.
Both children were conscious and breathing when medics arrived. They were rushed to a hospital.
Police administered field sobriety tests to Zielinski.
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