Alabama Student Killed in Hammock Camping Disaster

Alabama Student Killed in Hammock Camping Disaster


A student at the University of Alabama was killed in a camping accident, leaving the campus in a state of shock.

The 22-year-old senior, Malachi Crain, was a math and computer science major before his death on April 5. At the time of the accident, Crain was in neighboring Georgia, according to WBRC.

Crain and his friends were camping in hammocks when the deadly disaster struck.

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Crain and his three friends, all in separate hammocks, were asleep when a tree came crashing down on the group. While Crain was killed, only one other camper was “slightly injured.”

The fall happened just after 2 a.m.

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