Overview

• On August 6, 2024, a roughly 40-foot palm tree fell at Golf N’ Stuff in Ventura, pinning 53-year-old Adela Magaña as bystanders and family lifted the tree and applied a makeshift tourniquet
• Emergency responders arrived at 5:51 p.m. and rushed her to Ventura County Medical Center, where surgeons amputated her right arm below the shoulder the next day due to irreparable nerve and vascular damage
• Magaña currently cannot speak and will require multiple surgeries and extensive rehabilitation ahead of prosthetic fitting and training
• Golf N’ Stuff has remained open since the accident and declined to detail any safety improvements or changes to its tree maintenance protocols
• Questions about venue tree safety have resurfaced after a similar 2013 fatality at the same site and with no reported follow-up from Cal/OSHA or other oversight bodies