4 Oct 2012

Man trapped by lawnmower seriously injured

5:15 pm on 4 October 2012

A man is in hospital with serious injuries after being trapped under a lawnmower in Auckland.

The Fire Service says the ride-on mower rolled down a bank onto rocks at an estuary, trapping the man in Browns Bay just after 9am on Thursday.

The man suffered serious back injuries and has been taken to a hospital on the North Shore.