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Talkeetna Resident Emmila Denny
Killed in Train/Vehicle Collision
OBITUARY - CLICK HERE
By John R. Moses
ALASKA PIONEER PRESS
WILLOW – Talkeetna resident, volunteer radio host and patron of the arts Emmila Denny
died at 6:05 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 when an Alaska Railroad Corp. train engine
struck her vehicle in an at-grade crossing on Willow Station Road.
Talkeetna's KTNA Radio reported her death shortly before 10 p.m., but word of the tragedy
had spread in Talkeetna in the hours before. She was 66.
Denny had a Tuesday night show called Grandma's Radio Recipes. She was the on-air host
the night Susitna Valley Jr./Sr. High burned to the ground. Her show featured an eclectic mix
of music, and lots of big band/swing and even some ragtime numbers.
She also sponsored an annual arts scholarship that helped many gifted artists and musicians.
Troopers responded to a collision between a train and a car at the railroad crossing, near Mile
69 of the Parks Highway and the Willow Trading Post. The driver of the vehicle was
pronounced dead at scene.
Witnesses said the vehicle was stopped at the crosing when it inexplicably lurched forward
and the crossing guard came down upon it.
There were about 700 passengers on the train, Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters said. No
passengers were injured.
Troopers say investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision is ongoing.
Killed in Train/Vehicle Collision
OBITUARY - CLICK HERE
By John R. Moses
ALASKA PIONEER PRESS
WILLOW – Talkeetna resident, volunteer radio host and patron of the arts Emmila Denny
died at 6:05 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 when an Alaska Railroad Corp. train engine
struck her vehicle in an at-grade crossing on Willow Station Road.
Talkeetna's KTNA Radio reported her death shortly before 10 p.m., but word of the tragedy
had spread in Talkeetna in the hours before. She was 66.
Denny had a Tuesday night show called Grandma's Radio Recipes. She was the on-air host
the night Susitna Valley Jr./Sr. High burned to the ground. Her show featured an eclectic mix
of music, and lots of big band/swing and even some ragtime numbers.
She also sponsored an annual arts scholarship that helped many gifted artists and musicians.
Troopers responded to a collision between a train and a car at the railroad crossing, near Mile
69 of the Parks Highway and the Willow Trading Post. The driver of the vehicle was
pronounced dead at scene.
Witnesses said the vehicle was stopped at the crosing when it inexplicably lurched forward
and the crossing guard came down upon it.
There were about 700 passengers on the train, Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters said. No
passengers were injured.
Troopers say investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision is ongoing.