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Date: 
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
While clearing space for a chicken coop in his backyard, 15-year-old Stephen Lewis noticed a 30-foot tree limb he was concerned would fall on the animals. While attempting to fell the limb with a rope, it came down on the teen's head, killing him. 
Date: 
Saturday, February 14, 2015
A 12-year-old Indiana boy was critically injured Saturday when his scarf became enmeshed in a tow rope at Bittersweet Ski Resort in Otsego. Samuel Root, of Lafayette, Indiana, was skiing with his boy scout troop when his scarf got stuck in a tow rope and dragged him until the rope was jammed. Root was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo and was placed in a medically-induced coma. On Sunday morning, Root was awake and was taken off the ventilator.