US EditionChild Dies, 4 Injured After Tree Falls at Summer Camp Near Calabasas
GYOMAENDRŐD, JUL 9 – Two children were injured and hospitalized after a tree fell on a swimming pool, with emergency services responding promptly to the incident, officials said.
- On Wednesday afternoon, a large oak limb fell at King Gillette Ranch, killing one child and injuring several others, prompting a homicide investigation.
- At King Gillette Ranch, a limb fell from an oak tree during camp hours, cause of fall remains unknown, prompting investigation.
- Emergency logs indicate five children were injured around 2:50 p.m., with one critically airlifted and two sustaining moderate injuries.
- Authorities closed King Gillette Ranch and launched a homicide investigation after a tree limb fell, killing a child and injuring others, as they probe the cause and ensure safety.
- The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority pledged a transparent investigation, working closely with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies.
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Detectives Investigating Death of Boy Struck by Tree Limb at Camp
CALABASAS, Calif.—Sheriff’s homicide detectives Thursday were conducting a death investigation after an 8-year-old boy was killed when a massive oak tree branch fell on him and four others at a camp at King Gillette Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains in an unincorporated area near Calabasas. A total of five people—the boy who did not survive, one other boy, a girl, and two men—were injured at Camp Wildcraft in the 26000 block of Mulholland High…
The mishap occurred at King Gillette Ranch on 26800 Mulholland Drive in Calabasas; the children waited for their parents under the shade of an oak tree
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Tree limb fatally injures child at Southern California summer camp
KABC (CALABASAS, Calif.) — A large oak tree limb fell on a group of kids attending summer camp in Southern California, fatally injuring one child, officials said. The incident occurred at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas on Wednesday afternoon, authorities noted. Children attending Camp Wildcraft — an art and nature camp based in Los Angeles — were gathering at the end of the day under a large oak tree for shade when they “heard cracks and sudde…
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