Report of fatal accident at Kenmore construction site

King County is receiving reports of a fatal accident at the North Kenmore Portal, where construction is under way on the staging area for Brightwater treatment plant tunneling.

An employee with Vinci/Parsons RCI/Frontier Kemper, the construction firm under contract to King County, was reportedly seriously hurt this afternoon and transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where the accident victim died. The North Kenmore Portal is located at 80th Ave. NE and NE 195th Street in Kenmore.

An accident investigation will commence immediately and the construction site will be closed indefinitely. No details about the employee or the nature of the accident are currently available. We will share details as they emerge. For media inquiries, please contact Logan Harris at 206-255-3229.