80-year-old man dies after lawnmower flips

4:04 PM, Jul 20, 2012   |    comments
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A Blount County man says he discovered his 80-year-old neighbor trapped under a lawnmower Friday afternoon.

The Blount County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a 911 call around 2:30 at the intersection of Wayne Rankin Road and Louisville Boat Dock Road.

Officers say the man had tried to go across a little bridge with the lawnmower when it flipped and he was trapped in knee-deep water.

A dive team was dispatched at first, but they were cancelled when they realized what had happened.

Officers say they think the man had been trapped for about an hour.