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Woman killed by falling tree at Rancho San Antonio

Original post made on Mar 6, 2023

A hiker died at Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve in Cupertino Sunday morning when a tree fell on her, the Santa Clara County Fire Department reported.

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Comments

Posted by TimR
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 6, 2023 at 12:18 pm

TimR is a registered user.

An unfortunate tragedy, for sure. But a good reminder not to use headphones/earbuds while out on the trails. Maybe in this case she wasn't wearing any; we don't know. But I do know that not wearing them lessens the risk of accidents like this. Because I've had a couple of close calls during my decades of hiking and backpacking, and hearing that snap allowed me to avoid injury.