A South Bay family and a Boy Scout Troop are in shock and mourning after a falling tree killed a scout mother while on a troop hike.
"We were trying to see if we could lift the log that was on her body. And see if we could lift it up a little bit, to see if she could breathe," said Surya. "We lifted it a little bit enough so that there was a clearance. And then we put a rock underneath so that it wasn’t touching the body. That was the best we could do."The unidentified victim, who witnesses said hesitated when the tree was falling to make sure her son was safe, was pronounced dead on the trail.
"This time of year we have a lot of trees that are falling because of…saturated soils. And earlier this last week there was snow on Skyline. So, falling trees happen," said Mid-Peninsula Open Space Dist. Chief Ranger Matt Anderson.Fellow recreationists were stunned and saddened to learn of the death.
"It is shocking. It's shocking. Because so many people pass up this trail here. This is a very popular trail here, so at least a few hundred people going that way. And something like this shouldn’t happen. So, very shocking," said hiker Girish Joshi. The Silicon Valley-Monterey Bay Council of the Boy Scouts of America emailed a statement that read in part, "We are saddened to confirm one adult accidental fatality involving a tree. The deceased is the parent of a Scout and they were participating in a planned hike at the Rancho San Antonio Park…All Scouts are safe and there were no additional injuries."Park Rangers are investigating what caused the tree to come down.
Jesse Gary is a reporter based in the station's South Bay bureau. Follow him on Twitter, @JesseKTVU and Instagram, @jessegontvthat I have read and agree
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