A base jumper fell 650 feet to his death after his parachute didn’t fully open in Washington, police said. The incident happened at about 8:40 a.m. March 30 near Milepost 202 on U.S. Route 97 Alternate, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

A Washington state man died Sunday when his parachute failed during a BASE jump. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said 47-year-old Entiat resident Elliot Barstow’s parachute failed to fully open, causing him to fall roughly 650 feet near Wenatchee — about 140 miles east of Seattle in the central part of the state — by Milepost 202 on U.