ANCHORAGE — A 14-year-old boy died Sunday in a rafting accident on Eagle River in Anchorage.
Alaska State Troopers said a raft carrying the boy and his 30-year-old brother capsized in the river at about 7 p.m.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire Department personnel rescued the older brother. He was transported to a hospital and released.
Troopers were notified of the search just before 10 p.m.
The Rescue Coordination Center began an air search for the boy and he was found at about 2:15 a.m. in Cook Inlet near the river..
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
