Massive Tree Limb Falls, Crushes Two Kids Camping at Yosemite

The initial reports said a "tree branch" feel on a tent, killing two campers.

But this is no ordinary branch. It's a massive tree limb obviously weighing hundreds of pounds.

God have mercy.

Watch, at ABC News 30 Fresno, "2 MINORS KILLED IN YOSEMITE AFTER TREE LIMB FALLS ON TENT."

And the story at the Los Angeles Times, "A loud bang, then a scream in Yosemite when branch kills 2 youths":

Authorities in Yosemite National Forest were trying to determine why a large tree limb fell early Friday, killing two children sleeping in their tents.

Park officials released few details about the accident, which occurred about 5 a.m. in the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley.

But witnesses described a grim scene at the campgrounds when the branch fell.

“I heard this loud bang and then a woman screaming at the top of her lungs,” camper Daniel Moore, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I knew something was not right. I stepped outside to see what was going on and saw a lot of people clustered around their campground. It made me sick to my stomach when I figured out what had happened.”

Authorities described the victims as minors but did not disclose their identities or any other personal information...