Scottsdale police have charges for the driver are identified two pedestrians pending further investigation. killed in Scottsdale as a Officer David Pubins declined Palmer pastor and his wife. to say what investigators Randall Bjerken, pastor of suspected caused the crash, the Matanuska Assembly of God, saying that it would be and Doris Bjerken were out speculation. walking at 10 a.m. Sunday The Matanuska Assembly of when an SUV veered off the God’s website posted a road and hit both of them statement Sunday on the before crashing into a power Bjerkens’ deaths. pole. “It is with heavy heart we The couple was pronounced announce that our Pastor dead at a local hospital. The Randy and his wife Doris went 23-year-old driver had to be with our Lord this nonfatal injuries and was morning,” the statement read. treated and released from the “Please pray for the family!” hospital. Randall Bjerken was 51, and Scottsdale police say alcohol Doris was 50. They lived in or speed weren't factors in Palmer, Alaska. the crash, and any possible
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