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On Sunday, 17-year-old Shane Jenkins of Everett was killed in the Cabin Creek area near Easton when he lost control of his ATV and was ejected into some trees. He suffered massive internal injuries and died at the scene, said Kittitas County Undersheriff Clayton Myers.

Three hours later, deputies were called to a rafting accident on the Cle Elum River. Two men were said to have hit a log jam about 3/4 of a mile above the head of Lake Cle Elum, with one man getting knocked off the raft. Witnesses said he then disappeared under water into the log jam, Myers said.

A swift water rescue team eventually located the body of 44-year-old Kenneth Clark of Seattle lodged three feet under water. It took another two hours to for them cut to away enough to untangle him.

Just as the rescuers recovered Clark's body, a storm roared through the area bringing hail and high wind and waves. That resulted in the rescue of four others on a boat in trouble on Lake Cle Elum, and three others had to be rescued from an overturned sailboat on Lake Kachess. There, a nearby boat was able to pluck the three from the water and bring them to safety.

Monday, deputies say they are still searching for a 36-year-old woman said to be injured on the Cle Elum Ridge Trail.

Myers says emergency personnel handled over 550 calls for service over the holiday weekend.

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