Flash Flood Killed Woman--an Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator--in her Madison Valley Basement

The Times reports today that it was a sort of flash flood that drowned Kate Fleming, an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer, in her basement Thursday night, as she tried to move her expensive audio equipment upstairs.

As she gathered it all up, a huge surge of water slammed into the house and began filling a windowless room in the basement with a force so strong that Fleming couldn't open the door. By the time Seattle firefighters arrived and cut a hole in the floor, it was too late. Despite efforts to revive her, Fleming, 41, actress, singer and a star in the world of audiobook narration, died at Harborview Medical Center.

More tragic details in the P-I.

Fleming narrated books by bestselling authors Ann Rule and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, she also produced audio books as owner of Cedar House Audio.