A Texas man died Friday during a remote rafting trip on a river in Western Alaska, state troopers said.
The man, 53-year-old Dallas resident Larry Erwin, was part of a group rafting on a river about 53 miles southeast of Bethel, Alaska State Troopers said in an online report. Troopers said they were notified of the fatality around 6:21 p.m. Friday.
Erwin lost control of his inflatable raft and “went over a waterfall,” sending him out of the boat and into the water, troopers said.
He “was pulled to shore and did not have any signs of life,” according to troopers.
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center responded to the site from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage and took Erwin’s body and several members of the group to Bethel in a helicopter, troopers said.
Erwin’s next of kin have been notified, along with the State Medical Examiner Office, troopers said.
Additional details, such as which river the incident occurred on and other circumstances surrounding the trip, weren’t immediately available.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.