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Report ID# 120456

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Accident Description

Ballard Locks is a complex of locks at the west end of Salmon Bay in Seattle, Washington's Lake Washington Ship Canal, They handle boat traffic between Lake Washington and Puget Sound. 

Videos of the scene show lots of fast water. Recent rains have raised many regional rivers to flood levels

One person is dead and another is injured after being pulled from the water near the Ballard Locks. Seattle Fire Department crews responded to the 3200 block of Commodore Way shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday after reports of a kayaker in distress.Rescue swimmers were deployed and pulled two people from the water,

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