BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - A man has died after falling off his 75-foot (23-meter) fishing boat and into an Alaska harbor.
Ronald Cameron, 65, drowned on Monday in a harbor in Sitka after trying to tie up his Washington state-based fishing boat in sizable winds, The Bellingham Herald reported.
Sitka police said they received a report of a person floating face down in the water. Authorities located Cameron’s body and emergency workers pulled him from the water, police said in a statement.
Cameron was pronounced dead at the scene.
No foul play is suspected in Cameron’s death, the Sitka Police Department said in a statement.
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