But in a freak accident July 19 walking just a few steps ahead of the others on a mostly paved old stagecoach road, Angela was struck and killed by a falling tree limb. Her family believes the heavy branch — the width of a tire rim — likely killed her instantly.

Tuolumne Grove is home to about two dozen mature giant sequoias and is a popular destination in Yosemite. The area was temporarily closed after the incident.

Back in August 2015, two high school students were asleep in a tent in the Upper Pines Campground when an oak limb fell, killing them both. And in 2012, a concessions worker was killed when a tree fell on his tent cabin during a windstorm.