Maintenance Worker Crushed, Killed by Lawn Mower

A maintenance worker was killed when he was pinned underneath a large lawn mower at a north suburban country club in Northbrook, Illinois, the second such incident in the suburbs in just over a week.

Richard L. Bowden, 62, was riding a commercial mower on the property of Greenacre Country Club. He was cutting grass along an incline on an embankment when the mower tipped over and pinned him underneath, according to a statement from the Village of Northbrook.

Bowden, a Deerfield resident, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:53 p.m., according to the village and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was a contract employee of a landscaper company.

An autopsy found he died of traumatic asphyxia when he was pinned under the mower, and blunt force injuries were listed as a contributing factor, according to the medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled an accident.

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