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Person riding inner tube dies in Sammamish Slough

WOODINVILLE, Wash. — A person who had been riding an inner tube in the Sammamish Slough was pronounced dead after they were pulled from the water on Thursday afternoon.

King County deputies were called to the 12300 block of Northeast Woodinville Drive in Woodinville for reports that someone on an inner tube in the slough was in distress.

Firefighters and members of the King County Sheriff’s Office Marine Rescue Dive Unit found the victim and pulled them from the water.

Medics worked on the victim but the person was pronounced dead.