Wasilla man dies in rafting accident on Montana Creek

Published 8:02 am Sunday, July 17, 2016

TALKEETNA — Alaska State Troopers say a 44-year-old Wasilla man died in an apparent rafting accident in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The body of Lawrence Christopherson was found Thursday afternoon in Montana Creek.

Troopers recovered the body after responding at about 1:45 p.m. to a report of a raft overturned in the popular fishing creek.

The raft had become hung up on a log jam.

The state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy.

Christopherson’s next of kin was notified.