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11/14/2006, 11:21 AM
http://www.thederrick.com/stories/11132006-1010.shtml
A 42-year-old Worthington man spending the night at a hunting camp with his teenage son and three friends died early Saturday morning following a bizarre accident.
James Schuey Jr. fell 8 feet from a loft bed and impaled his chest on an ornate metal chair, according to Armstrong County coroner Robert Bower who ruled the death accident due to massive loss of blood.
The small one-room camp with no electric or other utilities is located on Spot Road off Adrian-Sherrett Road. The camp is heated with a small wood stove and lit with lanterns, Bower said.
Schuey, his 17-year-old son Travis Schuey, along with Zachary Himes, 17, Matthew Toy, 19 and Nathan Shields, 19, were anticipating a hunting excursion Saturday morning, Bower said.
Official reports said at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, Schuey climbed the make-shift ladder on the camp wall to the small 4- by 8-foot loft above the kitchen while the four boys slept on the camp's wooden beds.
The boys were awakened by a loud thud about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, lit the lanterns and found Schuey lying on the floor complaining of pain and bleeding from his chest.
The boys covered the wound with a cloth to slow the bleeding, thereby improving Schuey's breathing, Bower said.
"With no cell phone coverage, Matthew Toy left the camp and traveled to another location to call 911 for an ambulance," Bower said.
Toy was given instructions via telephone on how to treat Schuey's injury until the arrival of emergency personnel. Rescue personnel were delayed in obtaining access to the injured man when the driveway to the camp was not navigable due to heavy rains. Emergency equipment had to be taken by foot up the dirt driveway, Bower said.
Schuey was taken by ambulance to a medical helicopter, but en route to a Pittsburgh hospital his condition worsened and the helicopter landed at the Kittanning Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
In an official report, Bower commended the boys for recognizing the horrific accident and responding heroically, courageously and responsibly.
A 42-year-old Worthington man spending the night at a hunting camp with his teenage son and three friends died early Saturday morning following a bizarre accident.
James Schuey Jr. fell 8 feet from a loft bed and impaled his chest on an ornate metal chair, according to Armstrong County coroner Robert Bower who ruled the death accident due to massive loss of blood.
The small one-room camp with no electric or other utilities is located on Spot Road off Adrian-Sherrett Road. The camp is heated with a small wood stove and lit with lanterns, Bower said.
Schuey, his 17-year-old son Travis Schuey, along with Zachary Himes, 17, Matthew Toy, 19 and Nathan Shields, 19, were anticipating a hunting excursion Saturday morning, Bower said.
Official reports said at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, Schuey climbed the make-shift ladder on the camp wall to the small 4- by 8-foot loft above the kitchen while the four boys slept on the camp's wooden beds.
The boys were awakened by a loud thud about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, lit the lanterns and found Schuey lying on the floor complaining of pain and bleeding from his chest.
The boys covered the wound with a cloth to slow the bleeding, thereby improving Schuey's breathing, Bower said.
"With no cell phone coverage, Matthew Toy left the camp and traveled to another location to call 911 for an ambulance," Bower said.
Toy was given instructions via telephone on how to treat Schuey's injury until the arrival of emergency personnel. Rescue personnel were delayed in obtaining access to the injured man when the driveway to the camp was not navigable due to heavy rains. Emergency equipment had to be taken by foot up the dirt driveway, Bower said.
Schuey was taken by ambulance to a medical helicopter, but en route to a Pittsburgh hospital his condition worsened and the helicopter landed at the Kittanning Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
In an official report, Bower commended the boys for recognizing the horrific accident and responding heroically, courageously and responsibly.