An 18-year-old Anchorage resident died Monday after he was found floating in the Kenai River, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said Tuesday.
According to a Tuesday dispatch, troopers were called just after noon on Monday and told that a man had been seen floating in the river near Bings’ Landing outside Soldotna. Jacob Wasielewski, who had been fishing in the area with friends, was pulled from the water by a boat operating on the river.
The occupants of the boat began CPR, the dispatch said, and brought Wasielewski to waiting emergency responders. Wasielewski was transported to Anchorage but died in an Anchorage medical center.
The dispatch does not say how Wasielewski came to be floating in the river or what condition he was in when recovered by the boat. Next of kin have been notified, the dispatch said, and his body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.
Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@peninsulaclarion.com.
