An 8-year-old boy in California was killed in front of his parents by a "massive" tree branch that fell on him while he was at summer camp, a lawsuit says. The child 's mother and father are suing the camp, alleging that staffers "knew branches were dangerously dropping from that tree" and "inexplicably directed groups of young children to play, paint and rest directly under the tree."

"That is exactly what Lamar was doing when he was tragically killed by the falling branch," Lamar McGlothurn's parents allege in their legal complaint about the July 9 incident.

The couple was picking Lamar up from Camp Wildcraft at King Gillette Ranch in Los Angeles County when the "deadly" oak tree branch "snapped off the tree" and killed him, the complaint says.

"His parents, present for pickup, tragic

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