An Elmo man has died after being hit by a backhoe loader Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, around 2 p.m. on Bell Road, north of 170th Street, 67-year-old Michael E. Calfee was putting brush onto a John Deere 310c backhoe loader. The backhoe loader was in gear and began rolling and hit Calfee. He was pronounced deceased at 5:50 p.m.