A Virginia man was killed after a bear in a tree was shot by a fellow hunter, causing it to fall on top of him.The January 9 tragedy killed Lester Harvey, 58, of Phenix, Virginia."A hunting group was following the bear when it ran up the tree", the Virginia’s department of wildlife resources said. "As the group retreated from the tree, a hunter shot the bear. The animal fell on to another hunter who was standing about three metres from the bottom of the tree," the Guardian reported.Harvey was rushed to two different hospitals but he died from his injuries on Friday, the wildlife department stated.An obituary for Harvey, a married father of five with eight grandchildren, said he was a self-employed contractor and avid outdoorsman.The Guardian reported similar incidents have occurred in recent years."In 2018, a man in Alaska was critically injured after his hunting partner shot a bear on a ridge. The animal tumbled down a slope into the man, who was also struck by rocks dislodged by the bear," the paper reported."Another man was injured in 2019 after his hunting partner shot a bear in a tree in North Carolina. The bear fell out of the tree and began biting the hunter. The man and the animal then tumbled off a cliff. The hunter was taken to a hospital, while the bear was later found dead."
