(Courtesy/Kenny Waldo)
Seth Waldo’s truck after a collision on the Al-Can on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, near the Beaver Creek crossing. Waldo was initially presumed dead but survived with severe injuries, due in part to a long-haul trucker who stopped to render aid.

A 25-year-old Haines man has been hospitalized in Fairbanks since a Feb. 13 collision with an 18-wheeler that left him with several broken bones and extensive internal injuries. 

Seth Waldo was headed…

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