ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Anchorage Police say a
teenage girl has been declared legally dead after
running into traffic and being hit by a car.
Police say 18-year-old Audie Rodriguez suffered
massive
head trauma in the Thursday midnight accident.
She
was taken to a hospital.
Police spokeswoman Anita Shell says Audrie was
declared legally dead Friday after registering no
brain
activity. She said she was to remain on life
support
until her mother could fly to Anchorage from an
village job.
The girl was attempting to cross Debarr Road
just
east of the Patterson intersection in East
Anchorage
with a friend
Witnesses told police she ran into traffic and struck