WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An employee with the City of Salina died on the job Tuesday while operating a lawnmower near a river.
According to the City of Salina, firefighters were dispatched to Oakdale Park after someone found a lawnmower in the river with its rider trapped underneath.
When crews arrived, the victim had already been pulled out from underneath the mower and removed from the water by officers with the Salina Police Department, the city said.
Majority of charges, including murder, dismissed against 19-year-old after plea hearing in Topeka
Fire department personnel immediately began lifesaving measures and took the victim to a Salina hospital, where they died from their injuries…