{"id":78666,"date":"2025-12-02T20:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/78666\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:27:12","slug":"california-tree-trimmer-dead-in-freak-impalement-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/78666\/","title":{"rendered":"California tree trimmer dead in freak impalement accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California tree trimmer with 20 years experience is dead in a freak accident \u2014 when he plummeted 35 feet and impaled himself on an iron fence.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic worker, identified by family members Rogelio Cruz, landed on the 10-foot fence Monday while on a job along Canoga Avenue and Valerio Street in Canoga Park,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/tree-trimmer-canoga-park-death\/3810498\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> NBC Los Angeles reported, <\/a>citing the LA Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Family members told the outlet that 48-year-old\u2019s rope got loose from the palm tree he was working on, causing him to fall to his death.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37824089\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/44-year-old-tree-trimmer-116582833.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of an intersection with emergency vehicles and personnel at the scene of a tree trimming accident.\" class=\"wp-image-37824089\"  \/>Rogelio Cruz, a California tree trimmer with 20 years experience, has died in a freak accident. KABC<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37824087\" width=\"734\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/44-year-old-tree-trimmer-116582834.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of emergency services responding to a tree-trimming accident.\" class=\"wp-image-37824087\" style=\"width:734px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\"  \/>Cruz tragically plummeted 35 feet and impaled himself on an iron fence. KABC<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryday routine \u2014 goes up, does the job, cuts it down, comes back down, goes home, and it just wasn\u2019t like that today,\u201d said Cruz\u2019s cousin Richard Areloa.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, whose 48th birthday was in September, has two decades of experience trimming trees and worked for a company owned and operated by his family. <\/p>\n<p>His two brothers were also on the job when he died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how one can process what happened,\u201d Areloa said. \u201cHere we are, all still trying to cope with everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLove West Coast news? The California Post is coming soon.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in early. Stay updated.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>News helicopters captured Monday\u2019s grisly aftermath \u2014 the victim\u2019s body still on the fence and covered by a white sheet. <\/p>\n<p>Passersby were shielded\u00a0from the graphic scene by a yellow tarp tied between power poles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 3:20 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California tree trimmer with 20 years experience is dead in a freak accident \u2014 when he plummeted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,4585,19583,3586],"class_list":["post-78666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-freak-accidents","tag-trees","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}