A wedding party became a horror show on Friday when a 100-foot tree fell killing one and causing injuries to others.
The group of revelers gathered beneath the eucalyptus in Whittier’s Penn Park when the tree fell and trapped the people below, KTLA 5 reported.
Guests at a nearby party ran to help and six people had to be cut out by firefighters with chainsaws while others freed themselves.
One victim who has only been described as “older,” died en route to the hospital while a four-year-old girl is in critical condition with head trauma, according to KTLA 5.
“We just heard something crack, like, really hard, and people were yelling,” witness Anahi Vazquez, who was taking photos with her family nearby, said.
One of the witnesses narrowly averted disaster himself when he and his group, who were attending a quinceañera, left the tree and moved to get better lighting right before it fell.
“We walk away and five minutes later this thing collapses on a whole wedding party,” Gilbert Duran said in a video posted to Facebook.
“I just seen a bunch of kids, little kids,” he continued, “they were running for their life and this thing just fell on top of them. I watched them go flat.”
Tree fell on ppl at Penn park #penn #whittier #LACoFD @WhittierNews pic.twitter.com/K7DUdiCX57
— :) (@iCbass7) December 18, 2016
One killed, child in critical condition after tree topples onto wedding party at #Whittier park — https://t.co/kdiZk98hSA pic.twitter.com/2qTcHWZE36
— Brian Day (@sgvcrime) December 18, 2016
#Tragic Huge #tree falls on #WeddingParty and family while taking photos. 1dead 5 injured. @KTLA #LosAngeles #Whittier #Photoglife pic.twitter.com/ujuR8hkZo6
— Sean M. Byrd (@byrdyman) December 18, 2016
#whittier #PennParkWPD la sheriff and fire rescue trapped people pic.twitter.com/6YAOxdeSaZ
— Thomas Lopez (@MoTheZepol) December 18, 2016
A massive tree collapsed on a wedding party taking photos, killing at least one person https://t.co/nuQ7v7vro5 pic.twitter.com/KynyFFmpZp
— New York Post (@nypost) December 18, 2016
1 dead after large eucalyptus tree falls on wedding party near Los Angeles https://t.co/5rmC5MANn6 pic.twitter.com/X2Gx2WYxbz
— ABC News (@ABC) December 18, 2016
#LASD Air Rescue 5 w/SEB Tac Medics on scene. Several people injured after a large tree fell on a wedding party in Whittier. pic.twitter.com/26o6rmNemh
— SEB (@SEBLASD) December 18, 2016
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