BEAN S PURCHASE — New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers located the body of a hiker reported overdue by a loved one at the Spruce Brook Tent site just off
BEAN S PURCHASE — New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers located the body of a hiker reported overdue by a loved one at the Spruce Brook Tent site just off
Overdue Hiker Found Dead On Trail; Killed By Fallen Tree - Concord, NH - NH Fish and Game searched for Edward Murphy of Sandown when he didn't return from a hike. It appears the man was killed in a tragic accident
Wilderness area hiker killed when tree falls on him after he hooked his hammock to it
By Monitor staff
Published: 5/28/2021 10:52:43 AM
A man doing a multi-day trek through the Wild River Wilderness area was killed after a tree that he had hooked his hammock to fell on him.
Edward Murphy, 50, of Sandown was reported missing by family when he didn’t show up Wednesday as scheduled following a multi-day hike through the wilderness area, which is east of Mt. Washington near the Maine border, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.
“Evidence at the scene indicated that Murphy had been killed when a tree he had placed his sleeping hammock on fell and struck him,” wrote Lt. Mark Ober of New Hampshire Fish & Game’s Lancaster office in a press release.