A 58-year-old Creve Coeur man died after being struck in the head by a falling tree limb Saturday afternoon in Bellevue.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Orin Burgess suffered the traumatic injury and died instantly.
In a social media post, Harwood said Burgess was pulling branches from a tree that had been cut down in the 600 block of North Hilltop Road.
Another man was cutting down a nearby tree and didn’t see Burgess on the ground, said Harwood. A large limb from the second tree fell on Burgess, hitting him in the head and causing the fatal injury.
