Boy injured in lawn mower incident

A 14-year-old boy was injured after the lawnmower he was driving tipped over Monday morning in Nottawa Township.

Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said deputies were called at 10:45 a.m. to the 23000 block of River Run Road, where the Sturgis victim was mowing a steep embankment along the St. Joseph River. Investigators said the lawnmower overturned, impaling the victim on the roll bar of the mower.

He was airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.

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