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Sleeping couple hurt when tree falls on tent

By Associated Press
Published August 1, 2004

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST - A sleeping couple were injured by a 45-foot pine tree that fell on their tent Saturday morning.

The couple, whose names were not released, were camping along the Ocklawaha River when the tree fell on the tent about 3:50 a.m.. The man crawled out of the tent and called 911. The woman suffered possible crushed bones and internal injuries. The man suffered possible broken bones.

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