Republican Kentucky state Senator Johnnie L Turner was airlifted to University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville on Sunday night after driving his ride-on lawnmower into the deep end of an empty swimming pool, WMYT reports citing State Trooper Shane Jacobs, who responded to the scene at Turner’s home in the Sukey Ridge area of Harlan County in the southeast of Kentucky.
It’s not clear yet if alcohol was involved in the incident that occurred at approximately 7:30 PM on Sunday. Turner is reportedly in stable condition medically but a 76 year-old man on a ride-on mower at dusk close enough to a swimming pool where he can fall in probably isn’t all that “stable.”