DNR: Tree stand 'malfunctions', causing fatal fall in Indiana forest

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating what caused a tree stand to malfunction, resulting in a man's death Saturday in Morgan-Monroe State Forest.According to the state's Department of Natural Resources, emergency crews arrived after the man who fell was found by a hunter in an area of the forest near State Road 45. Investigators determined 57-year-old Kevin Leech from Heltonville was deer hunting in a tree stand when police said the stand malfunctioned