A Klawock woman died last week after Alaska State Troopers say she went for a cold plunge on Prince of Wales Island.
Troopers and Klawock emergency personnel responded to a reported drowning on Dec. 2 at a beach on Salt Chuck Lane, about four miles north of Klawock. According to a trooper dispatch, the EMS crew performed life-saving measures on 52-year-old Trina Nation before transporting her to a nearby medical facility, where she was later declared dead.
Troopers say Nation went swimming after a run. The dispatch goes on to say that Nation “has had heart issues the last few weeks.”
The state’s medical examiner office in Anchorage has requested Nation’s remains be sent for autopsy.
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