One person died Saturday afternoon after falling from a platform in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood onto a barge in the Duwamish River.
Just after 1:30 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department received reports that a person had fallen from an elevated platform in the 600 block of South Riverside Drive, spokesperson David Cuerpo said. When fire crews arrived, they confirmed the person was dead.
The Fire Department was using trucks with aerial ladders to lower a basket and bring the remains back to crews on land, Cuerpo said…