A man died after being struck by a tree in Jim Thorpe Tuesday morning.

The Lehigh County coroner’s office said Nolan O. Wernett, 66, was pronounced dead on Tuesday at 1:55 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.

The Jim Thorpe Police Department said the incident occurred at 9:29 a.m. in the 1000 block of Broadview Drive, Glen Onoko Estates section of the borough.

Police said Wernett was in the process of cutting a tree when the base of the tree kicked out and struck him in the head.

Lehighton EMS transported him to a nearby landing zone where he was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest.

The Jim Thorpe Police Department and the coroner are investigating.