JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Washington state man was killed attempting to secure a commercial fishing vessel to a dock in Juneau.
Juneau police and Capital City Fire Rescue say 33-year-old Edgar Cedillo was caught been a fish tender and the dock and could not be revived.
Juneau police Sunday said his hometown was not immediately available.
Emergency responders took a call at 2:25 Friday that a man was hurt and not breathing at a dock at Auke Bay, about 15 miles from downtown Juneau.
According to the police preliminary investigation, Cedillo was assisting with securing a fish tender, a boat that collects fish from catchers and transports them to a processor, to the dock.
