Emergency personnel responded about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 4100 block of Bluff Road near Steffen Road south of Maeystown after a man in his 60s sustained a fall from a ladder.

The man was not conscious but breathing upon initial reports from the scene. CPR was also performed on the patient.

A medical helicopter was requested for transport, with a landing zone set up on Steffen Road. The man was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.

The man, identified as Glenn O. Rusteberg, 68, of Fults, later died at the hospital. For his obituary, click here.

Responding agencies included the Maeystown and Prairie du Rocher fire departments, Monroe County EMS, MedStar Ambulance, Valmeyer police and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.