4 killed in Alaska fishing boat accident (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 03/23/2008 - 9:46pm

The Alaska Ranger is seen at a port in Dutch Harbor, Jan. 2006.<br /><br />The Coast Guard said four crew members died Sunday, March 23, 2008, and another was missing after the 184-foot Alaska Ranger began sinking in high seas off Alaska's Aleutian Islands.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Jim Paulin)AP - A fishing boat sank off Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Sunday, leaving four crew members including the captain dead and another missing, the Coast Guard said.




 

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