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Atchison mower accident leaves one injured

By Brian Hagen

07/26/2022

(KAIR)--A City of Atchison employee required hospital treatment after the mower he was riding near the city’s riverfront slid away from him, and into the water, late Tuesday morning.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, the 20-year-old City of Atchison Public Works employee had been mowing on an embankment, in the 300 block of River Road, around 11:00 Tuesday morning. As he mowed, the mower began to slide towards the river. The man, Wilson said, “was able to jump off the mower before the mower slid into the river.”

Atchison Police were joined by other local responders in rushing to the scene.

The man was transported by Atchison County EMS for hospital treatment of his injuries.

The mower was recovered from the river.

By Tuesday afternoon, the man was released from the hospital, having incurred no serious injuries in the accident.

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