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Marley		2010-09-15 03:26:16 AM

That could happen easily in my neighborhood. Fortunately the gators will probably get you before you drown.

Oznog		2010-09-15 04:11:01 AM

Gator vs Mower?

Hell yeah, I'd click on it!

Unique23b		2010-09-15 04:13:59 AM

... he missed a spot.

Nib		2010-09-15 04:17:37 AM

Not true.

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/04/1674860/mass-golf-course-groundskeeper.htm l

KamelRed		2010-09-15 04:27:05 AM

Nib: Not true.

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/04/1674860/mass-golf-course-groundskeeper.htm l

The guy in your story story survived and did not drown.

Unique23b		2010-09-15 04:29:39 AM

RayD8		2010-09-15 04:31:50 AM

He probably made it all the way from Cuba on a block of foam and this is how he meets his end.

Nib		2010-09-15 04:35:33 AM

KamelRed: Nib: Not true.

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/04/1674860/mass-golf-course-groundskeeper.htm l

The guy in your story story survived and did not drown.

Authorities say Greg Misodoulakis was killed Friday after becoming trapped by the lawn mower in five feet of water at an 18-hole course in Lakeville, 40 miles north of Boston.

Maybe I'm missing something.

mikaloyd		2010-09-15 04:38:48 AM

Officials said the mower hit a slope and fell into the water.

We are called Asians you racist cracker Floridian!

illicit		2010-09-15 04:40:36 AM

Nib: KamelRed: Nib: Not true.

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/04/1674860/mass-golf-course-groundskeeper.htm l

The guy in your story story survived and did not drown.

Authorities say Greg Misodoulakis was killed Friday after becoming trapped by the lawn mower in five feet of water at an 18-hole course in Lakeville, 40 miles north of Boston.

Maybe I'm missing something.

No, drowning usually kills you.

Majin_Buu		2010-09-15 04:56:26 AM

Bathia_Mapes		2010-09-15 04:56:56 AM

If you click on this link, submitter, you'll see this happens in other states too.

Wisconsin
Missouri
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Michigan

Those are just some of the states where people have drowned while using a riding lawn mower.

prjindigo		2010-09-15 05:05:32 AM

"Only in Florida does someone drown while mowing the grass, again."

yearly thing, sometimes several times a year.

Few years ago we had a guy roll down into the water, cut off his hand, get attacked by alligators and then spent time in the hospital with flesh eater... and that was just a push mower.

News of the Weird doesn't report on this crap anymore.

Indolent		2010-09-15 05:29:52 AM

prjindigo: "Only in Florida does someone drown while mowing the grass, again."

yearly thing, sometimes several times a year.

Few years ago we had a guy roll down into the water, cut off his hand, get attacked by alligators and then spent time in the hospital with flesh eater... and that was just a push mower.

News of the Weird doesn't report on this crap anymore.

LOL. In Florida it's considered news of the normal now.

Pick		2010-09-15 06:24:05 AM

That canal must have really steep sides. Anyone notice the ladder going into the water?

StrikitRich		2010-09-15 07:13:20 AM

Published September 04, 2010 - Associated Press LAKEVILLE, Mass. - A Massachusetts golf course groundskeeper who drove a lawn mower into a water hazard and got stuck under it has drowned.

Authorities say Greg Misodoulakis was killed Friday after becoming trapped by the lawn mower in five feet of water at an 18-hole course in Lakeville, 40 miles north of Boston.

A co-owner at the Back Nine Club says nobody saw the 18-year-old groundskeeper drive into the manmade hazard.

Plymouth district attorney's office spokeswoman Bridget Norton Middleton says the teenager was pulled from the water after about 20 minutes. She says it appears to be an accidental drowning.

The 18-year-old was a freshman at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

A groundskeeper at a Plainsboro, N.J., golf course survived a similar accident Aug. 23 when rescuers used a backhoe and chains to pull a lawn mower off him.

Hope Smitty isn't from Massachusetts, 'cause that could be embarrassing.

StrikitRich		2010-09-15 07:15:51 AM

8/19/2010 - WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. - THE PITTSBURGH CHANNEL.com

The Indiana County coroner is expected to perform an autopsy on Thursday on a 64-year-old man who drowned after an accident involving a lawn mower.

According to a news release from the coroner's office, Joseph Sisitki was mowing between two settling ponds at the Tri-Community Sewer Authority Waste-Water Treatment plant in West Wheatfield Township.

Sisitki apparently lost control of the mower and drove into one of the ponds, Coroner Michael Baker said in a news release.

Family members became concerned when the victim didn't return home as expected and when they went searching for Sisitki, they found his body partially submerged in the pond, Baker said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is also investigating the case.

Funeral arrangements for Sisitki will be handled by the J. Paul McCracken Funeral Home in Bolivar.

Hope Smitty isn't from Pennsylvania, 'cause that could be embarrassing.

StrikitRich		2010-09-15 07:18:14 AM

July 2010 - A 44-YR.-OLD FAIRBANKS, WISCONSIN, WOMAN died Friday night when she was drowned by her riding lawnmower.

According to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department, around 9:15 p.m. Friday night Kelly Sullivan was cutting the grass too close to the edge of a pond, which had a five-foot drop off, when she tumbled over into the pond and became trapped underneath the lawnmower in the chest-deep water.

She was transported to the Shawano Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Source: Wausau Daily Herald.

Hope Smitty isn't from Wisconsin, 'cause that could be embarrassing.

StrikitRich		2010-09-15 07:22:22 AM

Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010

A Rowan County, North Carolina man was killed Monday in a mowing accident, the sheriff's office says.

Genovevo Garcia, 53, of Cleveland, died when the mower he was operating slid into a farm pond and overturned on the man. Garcia was trapped under the tractor in the water for nearly a half-hour, according to police reports.

Investigators say Garcia was mowing the grass on a farm owned by William Russell, in the 1200 block of Phifer Road. Sometime around 11:15 a.m., while mowing at the edge of a pond, Garcia apparently lost control of the vehicle, and it tipped into the water.

Authorities say Russell, who was nearby, tried to pull the tractor off the victim but was unsuccessful. Firefighters arrived a short time later and finally pulled Garcia free after about 25 minutes.

He was taken to a Statesville hospital but was declared dead, an apparent drowning victim.

I think I've made my point.

Thats an 827		2010-09-15 07:30:24 AM

Can a Waterproof native drown in Dry Prong. Yes this is a Louisiana question, had heard it was a headline in the Alexandria paper during the forties.

Inquiring minds want to know.

HAMMERTOE		2010-09-15 07:44:51 AM

Meh. Several thousand people recently drowned in the middle of a desert in Pakistan. This guy's clearly an amateur,

1olman		2010-09-15 07:49:54 AM

blah blah blah blah blah blah

I think I've made my point.

How are those anger management classes working out for ya ?

idrow		2010-09-15 08:02:39 AM

To be fair to subby, it completely sounds like something Florida would own.

StrikitRich		2010-09-15 08:08:23 AM

1olman: How are those anger management classes working out for ya ?

Never needed them, though you seem a bit worked up. Switch to decaf, yet?

Jegred2		2010-09-15 09:31:31 AM

lol, damn. I came expecting some mexican to have drowned while trying to clean a pool and mow a lawn at the same time. I leave disappointed.

Digitalstrange		2010-09-15 10:05:29 AM

mikaloyd: Officials said the mower hit a slope and fell into the water.

We are called Asians you racist cracker Floridian!

Niiiiiiiiice.

Rodeodoc		2010-09-15 10:56:43 AM

Sorry, subtard it even happens in other countries. Happened exactly the same way on a golf course in Alberta a few years ago.

groverpm		2010-09-15 11:26:17 AM

Happens quite often all over the world.

Marley		2010-09-15 12:39:59 PM

mikaloyd: Officials said the mower hit a slope and fell into the water.

We are called Asians you racist cracker Floridian!

You owe me won keyboard, please.

Larva Lump		2010-09-15 09:18:15 PM

The Poles have flipped! Lakeville is now north of Boston!

I blame it on Post-Nazi-Invasion Disorder.

Riding mowers issued restraining orders to stay away from bodies of water.