North Las Vegas man dies after canoe flips in Alaska river
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Nevada man died when a commercial canoe with 10 people on board overturned in a glacier river in southeast Alaska.
The body of 50-year-old Steven Todd Willis of North Las Vegas was pulled from the Davidson Glacier River by a Coast Guard helicopter crew.
Alaska State Troopers shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday received a report from the Haines Police Department that the commercial canoe with an operator and nine passengers had overturned in rapids.
Four people were reported missing.
A Coast Guard helicopter headed to Skagway was diverted and the crew found Willis’ body. He was pronounced dead just before 1 p.m.
Everyone on board wore life jackets. The helicopter transported the nine survivors to a staging area.
The name of the boat operator was not immediately released.
