October 16, 2018 - 2:05 PM
MASSENA, N.Y. - Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York.
WWNY-TV in Watertown reports 57-year-old Alfred Eshun of Quebec lost his balance and slipped off a dock after being lowered onto it off the side of the bulk carrier Spruceglen around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Police say the crew was tying off the vessel outside the Eisenhower Lock near Massena when the accident occurred. He was pulled from the water after a few minutes by two seaway employees who had to be treated for possible hypothermia at Massena Memorial Hospital.
Eshun was pronounced dead at the same hospital around 2 a.m.
State police and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating.
News from © The Associated Press, 2018