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\nA California woman had her arm amputated after a palm tree fell on her at Golf N\u2019 Stuff mini golf course in Ventura on Aug. 6Adela Maga\u00f1a, 53, was at the mini golf course with her family shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time when the incident occurredShe was there that day to celebrate her son\u2019s 13th birthday<\/p>\n
A California woman\u2019s arm was amputated<\/a> following a freak accident during what was supposed to be a fun family outing.\n<\/p>\n Adela Maga\u00f1a, 53, was celebrating her son\u2019s 13th birthday at Golf N\u2019 Stuff mini golf course in Ventura, Calif., shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time on Aug. 6, when a palm tree fell on her, per local news outlet VC Star.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n The mother of four was sitting on a bench watching others play when the accident occurred, according to the outlet.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Golf N’ Stuff mini golf course in Ventura, Calif.<\/p>\n Google Maps<\/p>\n \u201cI was going to go look for the ball, and […] I heard a screeching sound \u2014 like a branch breaking<\/a>,\u201d Maga\u00f1a\u2019s son, Junior, 22, told VC Star. \u201cI thought nothing of it, but then I heard a big old thump, and people were running toward my mom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Junior and his father, Amando, along with two other people, ran to lift the tree \u2014 which was about 40 feet long \u2014 off Adela.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n “After that, we went straight into stopping the bleeding,\u201d Junior recalled. \u201cWe got a belt, used it as a tourniquet, held it and had other people call 911.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Junior also said that the family hadn’t even planned to be at the course that day, noting that it had been a last-minute decision.\n<\/p>\n “We were trying to make [my brother’s] birthday a little bit better because it was mid-week, and we didn\u2019t know what to do. We thought of something fast: play mini golf and then go have dinner afterward. But we never got to dinner,” he recalled.\n<\/p>\n Adela was treated by Ventura City Fire Department officials on the scene and then transported to the Ventura County Medical Center, where surgeons ultimately determined that her right arm needed to be amputated just below the shoulder. She had surgery on Aug. 7, per VC Star.\n<\/p>\n