The family of the 8-year-old boy killed by a fallen tree branch in the Santa Monica Mountains filed a legal claim alleging negligence against the owners and operators of King Gillette Ranch.

Lamar McGlothurn, 8, was attending Camp Wildcraft in July when a branch from a decaying tree fell onto their picnic tables. Attorney Robert Glassman, who is representing the 8-year-old's family, said McGlothurn's parents watched as the 100-pound tree branch fell directly onto their son.

"This tree branch crushed Lamar to death in front of his mom and dad," Glassman said. "They were trying to lift it off of him, but because it was so heavy, they couldn't, and they just had to sit there helplessly, watch their beautiful boy die as a result of this tree branch that fell on him."

CBS LA's Hunter Sowar

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