(KSTK file photo)
The community of Wrangell is mourning the death of fisherman Randy Churchill Jr. The 39-year-old died in a tragic logging accident Wednesday morning (February 22).
Wrangell Police Chief Tom Radke says that emergency services received a 911 call at roughly 6 a.m., which reported a tree on top of a person at Pat’s Lake, about 11 miles south of town.
Radke says Wrangell Police and EMS both responded to the call, sending two ambulances and around a dozen volunteer EMS personnel to the scene. They found Churchill pinned under a log. After extricating Churchill, Radke says EMS performed CPR and other life-saving activities before transporting Churchill to the Wrangell Medical Center, where he passed away.
Radke says the circumstances of the accident are still under investigation.
Churchill Jr. leaves behind his wife Celsee and their three children: Randy III, Della and Titan.
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