Man Drowns While Mowing the Lawn

Riding mower drives into lake and traps man underneath it

A Broward man is dead after a freak mowing accident causes him to drown.

The unidentified man was mowing a lawn near 4311 NW 16th Street in Lauderhill when the riding mower somehow flipped into a nearby canal.

The man was trapped under the lawn mower and could not get out of the canal, according to Broward Fire Rescue officials. When divers pulled the man from the water Tuesday afternoon, he was still alive, but he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Officials said he was a maintenance worker at the apartment complex, but have not identified the victim.

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