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 ...

But in a freak accident July 19 walking just a few steps ahead of the others on a mostly paved old stagecoach road, Angela ...

It didn’t matter on that Saturday afternoon in Tuolumne Grove just a mile from the parking lot, when only a faint breeze wafted through the giant sequoias, that Angela was always so careful.

A young Mountain View woman who worked as a software engineer for Google was killed in a freak accident while hiking with friends in Yosemite National Park, according ...

Angela Lin, an engineer at Salesforce and then Google, was hiking on July 19 with her boyfriend and two friends through Tuolumne Grove, a paved trail lined with massive sequoias. A loud cracking sound ...

Tuolumne Grove, where the group had been hiking, was closed to visitors for about a week after Lin’s death. Yosemite Park officials told SFGate the incident remains under investigation.

Tuolumne Grove is known for its nearly 3 miles of trails through majestic forests and for a tunnel carved through one of its giant trees. Falling branch deaths are uncommon but not unheard-of.

29-year-old Google software engineer Angela Lin died after being struck by a falling tree branch in Yosemite National Park. The incident occurred on the Tuolumne Grove paved trail, which was ...

Angela Lin, 29, was a software engineer at Google who loved to spend time outdoors. By Christine Hauser The trails of Tuolumne Grove, a popular site in Yosemite National Park, wind through forests ...

Angela Lin, a 29-year-old Google engineer, was killed by a falling tree branch while hiking the popular Tuolumne Grove trail at Yosemite National Park.