By Associated Press - Thursday, May 18, 2017

SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) - An employee of a southeast Missouri retirement center is dead and three residents are injured after a tree fell during high winds.

The Sikeston Standard Democrat (https://bit.ly/2ruQqYV ) reports that 41-year-old Richard Flye died Wednesday at Green Meadows Retirement Center in Sikeston when a gust of wind blew over a rotting tree. The tree landed on a picnic table where employees and residents were sitting.

Other workers say Flye was trying to help the residents when the tree fell.

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Two of the injured residents were treated and released at a hospital. The other remains hospitalized with fractured ribs.

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Information from: Standard Democrat, https://www.standard-democrat.com

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