A man died after being struck by a falling tree during Storm Boelo in Scotland.

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A 60-year-old man died in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland, after being struck by a falling tree during Storm Boelo on 25 October 2026. Police said he was not in a vehicle at the time; later reporting named him as Richard Baines, curator of Logan Botanic Garden, and indicated a second man in his 20s was also killed by a falling tree elsewhere as the storm swept the UK. This is a breaking-news report of a storm-related fatality, not a weather forecast or official government statement.

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The core claim is solid: police confirmed the death and multiple independent outlets (BBC, Sky News, The Telegraph, The Guardian and others) reported the same essential facts, although this digest item is aggregated/secondary and does not itself cite the primary police statement. The later identification of the victim and his role at Logan Botanic Garden is consistent across several reports, but was not part of the original highlight.

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