Falling Tree Kills Boy, 7, on Scout Camping Trip
From Times Wire Reports
A 40-foot pine tree fell in a state park, killing a 7-year-old Cub Scout and injuring his father and another boy while they slept in tents during a father-son weekend.
Owen R. Lentz, a first-grader from Camp Hill, was killed when the tree fell early Sunday, Pine Grove Furnace State Park manager Kenneth J. Boyles said.
Boyles said the accident was “against all odds.” The weather was calm, but the tree was diseased, he said.
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