Southeast seiner mishap

Petersburg radio station KFSK reports the seiner Pamela Rae overturned just south of Wrangell, but the five crewmembers were mostly unscathed.

Coast Guard airlifts crewman with head injury

The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting a rescue helicopter crew today medevaced a crewman who suffered a head injury in a fall aboard the Petersburg fishing vessel Pamela Rae.

The helicopter carried carried Camden McKay, 25, from Pelican to Juneau at 11:52 a.m., the Coast Guard said.

Once in Juneau, McKay was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital.