Post by admin on Oct 21, 2005 14:12:07 GMT -5
This is terrible. And one of the main reasons to wear a "Full Body" harness:
Officer: Valley hunter died from asphyxiation
Preliminary cause of death shows a Wabash Valley man who was found hanging from a tree stand Saturday died from asphyxiation, said Max Winchell, Indiana State Conservation public information officer.
Timothy J. Simonton, 42, who had recently moved to the area, was hunting in Clay County woods with his stepson when he fell out of his tree stand. The two were about two miles west of Indiana 59 on County Road 1500N. When Simonton did not show at a designated meeting time, his stepson went looking for him.
Investigators did not find signs of a struggle, so conservation officers do not know if Simonton passed out from a medical condition before he fell, Winchell said.
Alcohol was not a factor, he said.
Simonton was wearing a shoulder safety harness, which is fastened below the arms and around the chest and had about five feet of safety rope above him, Winchell said.
Officer: Valley hunter died from asphyxiation
Preliminary cause of death shows a Wabash Valley man who was found hanging from a tree stand Saturday died from asphyxiation, said Max Winchell, Indiana State Conservation public information officer.
Timothy J. Simonton, 42, who had recently moved to the area, was hunting in Clay County woods with his stepson when he fell out of his tree stand. The two were about two miles west of Indiana 59 on County Road 1500N. When Simonton did not show at a designated meeting time, his stepson went looking for him.
Investigators did not find signs of a struggle, so conservation officers do not know if Simonton passed out from a medical condition before he fell, Winchell said.
Alcohol was not a factor, he said.
Simonton was wearing a shoulder safety harness, which is fastened below the arms and around the chest and had about five feet of safety rope above him, Winchell said.
Or hunters period...