Man Trapped & Killed under Lawnmower

A man in North Carolina was killed Monday in a lawnmower accident.

While working on a farm 53-year-old Genovevo “Johnny” Garcia was steering a lawnmower when it tipped over, rolled, and pinned him under it in a pond.

The farm’s owner, Bill Russell, witnessed the accident and rushed over to help. He was unable to lift the mower off of Garcia due to its weight.

Medical crews arrived on the scene and used a rope, by attaching it to  Russell’s four-wheeler he was on, to pull the lawnmower out of the water and off of Garcia.

Garcia was trapped under water for about 27 minutes.

After attempting to resuscitate him,  medical crews rushed him to a hospital. Garcia was unable to survive the injuries he sustained and was pronounced dead.