Kentucky Sen. Johnnie Turner of Harlan has died as a result of injuries received in an accident last month.

Turner was injured and hospitalized in September when a riding lawnmower he was driving went into an empty swimming pool.

  • Flying Squid
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    84 hours ago

    Turner was injured and hospitalized in September when a riding lawnmower he was driving went into an empty swimming pool.

    I cannot come up with a situation where this resulted in hospitalization-type injuries without intoxication being involved. Maybe a seizure? But it doesn’t indicate that there was anything neurological going on.

    • @the_tab_key
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      144 hours ago

      Do you mean that you can’t imagine how he actually drove it into the swimming pool unless alcohol or something else occurred? Because falling over a 5-10 foot ledge and having the mower land on you would easily cause significant injuries.

      As for why it was driven into the pool: Could be something as simple as being distracted, eg., using his phone while mowing.

      • Flying Squid
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        64 hours ago

        It was a why. And I guess he could have been on his phone right by the pool while mowing too. I don’t think any sort of safe behavior was involved considering if it was some sort of mechanical failure, you can easily jump off of a riding mower before it falls into a pool and maybe skin your knee.

        I’m just trying to figure out how this would have happened if it wasn’t either irresponsibility or a medical issue. I concede that there could be other options.

        • Random123
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          151 minutes ago

          Id argue its hard to jump off anything when youre old as him.