IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Authorities say a North Carolina man hunting in central Idaho was killed when a tree fell on top of him as he was sleeping.
The Post Register reports that authorities with the Custer County Sheriff’s Office say 67-year-old Kenneth Lawrence Horton was hunting with family members in the Salmon-Challis National Forest when the dead tree fell, causing a chest injury on Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office dispatched ambulances and a search and rescue unit to his location nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Challis. Air ambulance personnel reported Horton dead Wednesday afternoon, and he was taken to a funeral home in Challis.
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Information from: Post Register, http://www.postregister.com
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