Hunter's Fire Breaks Boulder, Which Falls and Crushes Him

West Virginia State Police say a hunter was killed after he and a fellow hunter built a fire and the heat broke apart an overhanging boulder, which tumbled onto him. According to a police statement, the hunter's death occurred Monday afternoon, the start of the buck firearms season in the state. Police say 25-year-old Donnie Barker III died at the scene in a wooded area in Boone County. His fellow hunter, 19-year-old Steven Lee Setser, was injured but managed to make it to a relative's house for assistance. Setser was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening. Police say the men had started the fire under the boulder to seek heat. (More hunting stories.)