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Identified as Lester Holtzblatt, 61, of Sudbury

Updated: Thursday, 05 Jul 2012, 1:07 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 05 Jul 2012, 1:07 PM EDT

LENOX, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say a Sudbury man has died after being struck by a tree while walking back to his car following a James Taylor concert at Tanglewood.

The Berkshire district attorney's office announced Thursday that 61-year-old Lester Holtzblatt was struck by a 20-feet section of a dead tree while walking with his wife along a Lenox road at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

He was taken by ambulance to Berkshire Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The death is under investigation but is considered an accident.