Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Detachment Massena also has participated in the inquiry.Įshun was an ordinary seaman and crewman on Spruceglen for 14 years. State troopers are still investigating and have not determined a formal cause. Interviews with eyewitnesses suggested Eshun just lost his balance, Fleishman said. 16 determined Eshun died from “asphyxiation due to freshwater drowning,” according to Trooper Jennifer Fleishman, a spokeswoman for the New York State Police.Īuthorities ruled out a medical episode as a potential factor in the incident based on the autopsy results. The two Seaway workers also required medical attention for possible hypothermia.Īn autopsy performed later on Oct. The Seaway employees carried him back to land, and local paramedics performed CPR. He was wearing a personal flotation device. located Eshun face down and unresponsive about three minutes after he fell into the river. Spruceglen, a 730-foot Canadian-flagged ship, was sailing from Montreal to Ashtabula, Ohio, at the time. “After being hoisted down to shore, Eshun lost his balance on the dock and fell into the water.” “Eshun was hoisted down the side of Spruceglen to tie the ship off while awaiting another ship already in the lock,” the New York State Police said in a prepared statement.

Eshun fell from a dock located east of the facility on its north side.

16 as the inbound Spruceglen approached the occupied lock. Lawrence River just outside the Eisenhower Lock in upstate New York.Īlfred “Freddy” Eshun, 57, of Quebec, fell into the river at about 0020 on Oct. A Canadian mariner working on a bulk carrier died after falling into the St.

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