ALDEN TOWNSHIP, Minn. ( Northern News Now /Gray News) — The National Weather Service said a man was killed by a tree that fell in Minnesota on Wednesday morning.

According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Laine Road in Alden Township at about 10:22 a.m.

Sixty-nine-year-old Brian Pelander was found by his wife under a large downed tree.

Officials said Pelander was snowblowing his property when the tree fell due to high winds and heavy, wet snow.

He was fatally injured by the tree.

No foul play is suspected.

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