Orange County Registry stated that a newly obtained text messages reveal an employee with a tree care company that warned against the dissolution on the oak tree in King Gillet Ranch Park in Calabasas a day before a branch fell during a summer camp and an 8 -year -old boy.
“It is somewhat wise to see all the decay in the trunk. It would be wise to weaken the umbrella and lose the final weight at the minimum risk alleviation,” one of the employees wrote only as Gilbert wrote in a text message on July 8, according to the director.
On July 9, the 8 -year -old, who was now identified as Lamar McGLOTHURN, was identified, along with many others who attended Camp WildCraft when he picked up the long branch ranging from 25 to 30 feet from the tree.
McGlothurn was transferred to the hospital, where he later died of wounds to crushing scandalous force, according to the Ventura Medical province.
A 11 -year -old girl was transferred with a broken leg to the hospital, while a 5 -year -old boy suffered a rupture in his head, a 22 -year -old man was bruised in his head and arms, and a 73 -year -old child suffered from concussion.
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A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025 (TNLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025. (KTLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025 (TNLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025 (TNLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025 (TNLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025. (KTLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025. (KTLA) -
A child was killed and many other people were injured after a large tree fell in a garden during a summer day camp in the King Gillette Ranch in Kalabasas on July 9, 2025. (KTLA)
according to RecordRepresentatives of the Entertainment and Conservation Authority for the mountains, which runs King Gillet Ranch, did not respond to requests for comment, and it is not clear whether the tree has been cordoned off or distinguished before the deadly collapse.
Shari Davis, co -director of Camp WildCraft, rejected the comment.
The mother of a novice advisor at the Wildkraft camp on the accident on the record was that the camp staff had been informed that a branch of the tree had fallen earlier in the week, although it was not known if the camp’s maintenance committee informed that the tree was safe to gather under or if the camp employees knew the tree decomposition issues.
Whatever the situation, the attendees in the camp continued to meet under the tree every day until the tragic accident.
The text message and other communications were obtained by the Southern California Group in the request of the California General Record Law.