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Window washer dies in fall in St. Louis Park: A window washer was killed Friday afternoon after falling from the roof at the Knollwood Park Apartments in St. Louis Park. The St. Louis Park fire and police departments arrived at the complex, in the 3600 block of Phillips Parkway, at 2:15 p.m. after 911 calls from the scene. A man working as part of a window washing crew fell at least 80 feet from the roof of the eight-story building. No one else was injured. The victim, who worked for an independent contractor, was part of a crew of at least two people, said Jamie Zwilling, a spokesman for the city of St. Louis Park. His name has not been released.

Zwilling said the cause of the accident wasn't clear and would be investigated. Knollwood Place is a 151-unit independent-living senior building. In September 2009, a window washer fell three stories to his death at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. Bryan Prairie of Plymouth had taken that job for the summer while looking for work as a nurse. Six months earlier, in March, Jacob J. Jennings, 20, of Coon Rapids, fell about 30 feet to his death while working as a window washer at an office tower near Interstate 494 and Normandale Boulevard in Bloomington.

St. Louis Park Window Washer Dies in 8-Story Fall: St. Louis Park officials say a window washer was killed on Friday after falling from the roof of an 8-story building. Both the fire and police departments responded to the Knollwood Place Apartments -- a 151-unit independent senior living building located in the 3600 block of Phillips Parkway -- at about 2:15 p.m. Officials sad a man working as part of a window washing crew fell, and an investigation into the accident is under way. City spokesman Jamie Zwilling said the man died on impact. No other injuries were reported.

Window washers rescued in D.C. after platform collapses: Rescue harnesses potentially saved the lives of two window washers in Northwest D.C. on Saturday after their platform collapsed, officials say. Fire authorities say that the platform collapse occurred at about 11 a.m. outside the 4th floor of an 11-story building at the IMF building at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. A Washington D.C. Fire spokesperson says that the workers fell but were saved by their harnesses. An EMS technical rescue team brought them to safety and they were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.