APTOS — An Aptos Excessive junior-varsity golfer was hospitalized after he was struck by a falling Monterey Cypress department throughout a observe spherical at Seascape Golf Membership on Thursday afternoon.
The accident occurred to the correct of the golf green, close to the cart path, midway between the tee field and inexperienced on the sixteenth gap.
“It was an unlucky, freak prevalence,” stated Gary Nelson, the final supervisor of the course.
Nelson, Seascape Director of Golf Brant Wilson, Aptos athletic director Travis Fox and Mariners varsity golf coach Paul Zech declined remark Friday, and referred all inquiries to Alicia Jimenez, the general public data officer for Pajaro Valley Unified Faculty District. Jimenez informed the Sentinel that data was not but accessible.
A paramedic and fireman have been on website and handled the boy, who was acutely aware, earlier than he was taken to a hospital outdoors Santa Cruz County for remedy, a supply stated.
“It was an enormous department,” stated the supply, who was on website however wished to stay nameless as a result of the incident concerned a minor.
The tree seems to be greater than 30 toes tall. One portion of the massive department that fell was roughly 8 inches in diameter. Parts of the fallen limb had been sawed and faraway from the cart path by Friday night.
The course — which options towering cypress, eucalyptus and Monterey pine timber, along with a number of different species — was hit exhausting by a latest spate of storms to hit the areas. On Monday, the realm was additionally hit with 50-70 mph winds.
There are downed timber and limbs all around the course, together with two on No. 16, one to the left of the golf green on No. 17, and one other simply off the tee field on No. 18. The one on No. 18 additionally fell throughout the cart path. It was practically 3 toes in diameter, and was sawed in half and moved to the facet of the trail, so carts can get by means of.
One of many wettest winters in many years has wreaked havoc on a number of fronts, from flooding, to mudslides and collapsed roadways. Santa Cruz has obtained 45.95 inches of rain as Sunday. The common season to this point whole is 26.70.
Extra rain is anticipated Tuesday. It might result in extra falling timber, because of the saturated soil. A 72-year-old Santa Cruz resident died Dec. 31 when he was struck by a falling tree at Lighthouse Discipline State Seashore.