NEWS
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | April 21, 2013
A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after the lawn mower he was riding on with his grandfather in Westminster overturned into a creek Sunday morning, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said the man and his grandson were cutting grass on the riding lawn mower in the 600 block of Jasontown Road shortly before noon when the mower crossed an embankment next to a stream and overturned, briefly trapping the child in the water until the grandfather could free him. Lt. Robert Cromwell of the sheriff's office said the child's injuries were from inhaling water and from the tractor overturning onto him, but the boy was not injured by the mower's blades.
EXPLORE
January 18, 2012
Laurel police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes. Anne Arundel County police report major crimes. Howard County police report major crimes, break-ins and car thefts. City of Laurel Ninth Street, 200 block, Jan. 11. Police on routine patrol observed riding lawn mower tractor and snow blower outside building, and identified them as items reported stolen Jan. 8 from St. Mark's United Methodist Church.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | October 31, 2000
A 17-year-old Lineboro youth was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore yesterday after suffering leg injuries when the lawn mower he was riding was hit by a sport utility vehicle, Maryland State Police said. The teen-ager of the 4600 block of Water Tank Road was riding the mower near his home when he was struck by a 1998 Chevy Blazer, police said. They would not release the teen's identity because he is a juvenile. Kathy Marie Hale, 41, of Manchester, the driver of the Blazer, and several witnesses said the teen-ager pulled out in front of the SUV, which was traveling south on Water Tank Road about 1 p.m. No charges will be filed against Hale, police said, adding that they did not know if charges would be filed against the teen-ager.
NEWS
By Ellen Gamerman and Ellen Gamerman,States News Service | May 5, 1994
WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration launched an assault yesterday on a new public enemy: the lawn mower.The Environmental Protection Agency gets a headache at the thought of those deafening grass-cutting machines belching thick blue smoke. It wants lawn equipment to start meeting tough new standards by the time manufacturers release their 1996 models.All makers of gasoline-powered lawn mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and weed-whackers would be required to reduce exhaust significantly by 2003 under proposed rules, which could become law by the end of the year.
NEWS
By Carol L. Bowers and Carol L. Bowers,Staff writer | September 15, 1991
Do you treat your lawn mower or tractor with proper respect?It may seem an odd question, but Harford farming and lawn equipment experts say that a little respect, and basic common sense, could prevent many of the equipment-related injuries that occur each year."
NEWS
By Mike Klingaman and Mike Klingaman,Sun Staff Writer | May 5, 1995
Here's your chance to get rid of that gas-guzzling, oil-burning, pollution-spewing four-wheeled clunker in the garage -- not the family car but the worn-out lawn mower.The state wants those old machines. It's actually offering rewards.The first 100 people who turn in gasoline-powered mowers tomorrow at an environmental festival in South Baltimore will receive $75 rebates toward a new, "environmentally friendly" machine of their choice -- either an electric one or an old-fashioned reel mower without an engine.