In June, three people died after being swept away in a water-filled concrete drainage ditch. On Monday, Aug. 15, crews started fencing off the Kinnickinnic River so it does not happen again.
More than four miles of fencing will go up Monday along the concrete-lined Milwaukee drainage tunnels near 27th and Loomis, where a 10-year-old boy, his father and a neighbor drowned in June. The boy went after a soccer ball and was swept away by the raging water.