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Teenage boy killed in fall near North Bend

Mar 3, 2018, 11:49 AM

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(KIRO 7 image)

(KIRO 7 image)

A teenage boy fell several hundred feet and died at Rattlesnake Ledge near North Bend on Saturday morning.

According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, crews were hiking in to respond to the reported fall around 9 a.m. By 9:30 a.m. they had determined it was a recovery operation.

Eastside Fire Captain Steve Westlake told The Seattle Times that the drop from the top of the ledge is about 100 to 200 feet.

The teenager’s name has not been released.

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