Falling Tree Kills Man, Injures 2 Others

MINATARE, Neb. (AP) — A Colorado man was killed and two others were injured when a large cottonwood tree snapped and fell on them in western Nebraska.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says 49-year-old Matthew Weaver of Loveland, Colorado died after the tree landed on him on Sunday at Lake Minatare State Recreation Area.
The commission says 44-year-old Mark Pennell of Lakewood, Colorado, and 31-year-old Daniel Randall of Bayard, Nebraska, were injured.
Pennell was listed in critical c