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Man Died After Becoming Trapped Under Lawnmower In Pond

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BOCA RATON (CBSMiami/AP) — A golf course worker died after he got trapped under a lawnmower which rolled into a pond.

It happened at the Broken Sound Golf Club in Boca Raton.

Boca Raton police said the lawnmower overturned, rolled down a hill and landed in the pond, on top of the man.

Police spokeswoman Sandra Boonenberg says the man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name hasn't been released.

Boonenberg says the man was believed to be in his early to mid-20s.

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