Kentucky Sen. Johnnie Turner of Harlan has died as a result of injuries received in an accident last month.

Turner was injured and hospitalized in September when a riding lawnmower he was driving went into an empty swimming pool.

  • the_tab_key@lemmy.world
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    Do you mean that you can’t imagine how he actually drove it into the swimming pool unless alcohol or something else occurred? Because falling over a 5-10 foot ledge and having the mower land on you would easily cause significant injuries.

    As for why it was driven into the pool: Could be something as simple as being distracted, eg., using his phone while mowing.

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      It was a why. And I guess he could have been on his phone right by the pool while mowing too. I don’t think any sort of safe behavior was involved considering if it was some sort of mechanical failure, you can easily jump off of a riding mower before it falls into a pool and maybe skin your knee.

      I’m just trying to figure out how this would have happened if it wasn’t either irresponsibility or a medical issue. I concede that there could be other options.