Investigation begins of what made tall pine fall in California park, seriously hurting kids
In this image released by Pasadena Fire, Pasadena firefighters work to remove a tree that fell near Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Witnesses say the tree made a cracking sound and came down on children just as a summer day camp at the museum was letting out for the day. (Jamie Nicholson/Pasadena Fire via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation began Wednesday into why a 75-year-old, 75-foot-tall pine tree fell on a group of kids from a summer camp at a Southern California children's museum, leaving a young boy and girl hospitalized with serious injuries, officials said.
An independent arborist and another from the city of Pasadena spent about two hours carefully examining the pine to try to find what caused it to fall a day earlier when there was a clear sky and little wind.
"They've inspected the soil, the bark, the tree limbs, it's been a pretty exhaustive inspection and probing of the tree," city spokesman William Boyer said.
There was no immediate word on what the investigation revealed.
"They're still digesting all of the data they've collected," Boyer said.
Fire Department officials said earlier that the tree had showed no signs of stress, it looked healthy and it had been routinely maintained.
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