Topeka Man Dies After Being Pinned Beneath Mower
Associated Press - Mon 06:11 AM 05/14/2012
The Shawnee County Sheriff's office says emergency crews were called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m. Friday.
An elderly Topeka man has died after his riding lawnmower slid down an embankment, overturned in a pond and pinned him beneath it.
The man is identified as 84-year-old Wilbur Johnson, who was a caretaker of the property he was mowing when the accident happened. Fire crews used a wench to free the man, who was already dead.
The Shawnee County Sheriff's office says emergency crews were called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m. Friday. Area homeowners found Johnson after seeing him mowing along the edge of the pond earlier in the day.
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Information from: WIBW-TV.
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tgsalina
Monday 14 May 2012 09:13 Report this comment
First, my apologies to the family of Mr. Johnson, but I have to make this comment: I didn't know fire trucks came equipped with wenches! They might have used a wrench . . . . or a winch would have worked really well!
taylor2000
Monday 14 May 2012 15:28 Report this comment
You apologize first, then you start to talk about the details of fire trucks not having winches. Maybe the family was to distraught to use any machinery to retrieve the body. So they used the farms hands equipment. So what why detail all this. get a life and leave stories like this alone.
RONNIEMUR
Monday 14 May 2012 20:32 Report this comment
@Taylor, tgsalina's attempt at humor was made at the writer. In the story, he/she wrote wench instead of winch. Too soon, @tgsalina.
tgsalina
Tuesday 15 May 2012 14:07 Report this comment
RONNIEMUR, you're right. I was counting on the fact that the family is probably far enough away that they won't be reading this on-line. I certainly didn't intend to make light of the situation or cause them any dis-respect. My point I was trying to make is that there are so many of these mistakes (mis-spelling, unclear writing, etc.) here that it's almost humorous to read.