Mass. man dies in fall from mountain while hunting goats in Alaska

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man dies in fall from mountain while hunting goats in Alaska The 67-year-old man fell about 100 feet, then slid another several hundred feet after he lost his footing. A Massachusetts man died Wednesday after falling while goat hunting in a remote Alaskan mountain near Cordova, Alaska State Troopers announced. Troopers said 67-year-old John DeLuca suffered fatal injuries when he lost his footing and fell from Queen’s Chair around 10:45 a.m. Advertisement:Trooper spokesperson Tess Williams told the newspaper that the pair was trying a traverse below a ridge when DeLuca stumbled. “The person he was hunting with tried to grab him, and they both fell about 100 feet,” Williams told The Anchorage Daily News.