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Posted: 9:58 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

2 die of natural causes in Somerset Co. as Pa. rifle season opens

By The Associated Press

WINDBER, Pa. —

A coroner says two hunters died of heart-related problems in Somerset County on the first day of deer rifle season.

 

Somerset County Coroner Wallace Miller said 71-year-old Allen Webb, of Windber, died while setting up a tree stand just after dawn Monday in nearby Ogle Township.

 

Later Monday morning, 66-year-old Robert Georg, of Port Lt. Lucie, Fla. was stricken in the woods of Shade Township. He died a short time later at Windber Medical Center.

 

Georg was visiting relatives in the area when he decided to go hunting.

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