Eight-year-old Lamar McGlothurn was killed by a tree branch while attending summer camp in Calabasas.

His parents allege that the tragedy was preventable given the signs of tree decay and fact that another large branch had fallen days before the accident.

Lamar McGlothurn’s parents arrived to pick up the 8-year-old from summer camp in Calabasas but instead watched as he was crushed by a giant tree branch.

The branch killed Lamar and injured four others on July 9 as he was attending Camp Wildcraft at King Gillette Ranch, which is managed by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority.

His parents allege that the death was not a random accident but a preventable tragedy given that there had been warnings about the decaying condition of the oak tree and another large branch had

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