Terrifying moment a huge branch crashes down on band as they perform in a Los Angeles park

• The incident took place in the Mar Vista Recreation Center in Los Angeles 
• A large branch collapsed onto the band stand during the music performance 
• Fortunately the band were uninjured and their equipment was not damaged This is the moment a group of musicians had a lucky escape when a 40ft branch dropped off the tree they were performing under in a Californian park. 

  Dramatic footage shows the bough suddenly fall after people had gathered to watch the performance at the Mar Vista Recreation Center in Los Angeles last weekend. 

  Shocked revellers can be heard screaming and one calls out: 'Oh my God,' as the branch suddenly crashes down, apparently right on top of the band.

  

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  This is the moment a 40ft branch from a tree falls in the middle of a concert being held in a Los Angeles park narrowly missing the band's drummer who was inches away from being crushed

  

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  The concert took place in the Mar Vista park during a socially-distanced outdoor performance

  Onlookers rush forward to help the musicians but fortunately no one was injured, although the branch, which appears to be from a eucalyptus tree, is shown afterwards lying just inches from the drum kit.Don Purnell, who witnessed the dramatic scenes told CBS: 'Everybody’s OK.' 

  He said one of the band members addressed the shocked crowd afterwards and said: 'Thank you, tree, for not falling on anybody.' Footage of the incident was shot from several locations. In one snippet, a member of the crowd calls out 'Careful' and there is a loud cracking sound as the branch collapses. 

  In another, a woman is seen dancing just a few feet from the branch as it falls.