Cruise passenger dead, another injured after falling from hiking trail

A cruise passenger died and another was injured after falling from a trail in Alaska.

Alaska State Troopers have been alerted around 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 to a search and rescue operation after the boys had fallen from Mount Roberts Trail, a common hiking trail in Juneau, according to a news release. Authorities said they then “slid down the steep mountainside.”

Britian Pool, a 36-year-old from Texas, slid farther down and died from his accidents. “Pool’s remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office and his next of kin was notified,” the release said.

Juneau Mountain Rescue extracted the other man, who was not named, with “minor injuries.” Authorities didn’t specify which cruise ship the boys have been crusing on.

The incident will not be the only one of its type in latest months. A 62-year-old Norwegian Cruise Line passenger was discovered useless in Juneau in July after texting her household she was going for a hike. Her physique was found about 1,700 toes beneath the ridge line of her supposed hiking route.

Nathan Diller is a shopper journey reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can attain him at ndiller@usatoday.com.

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