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Graves County Man Dies in Mowing Accident

Graves County Man Dies in Mowing Accident
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jul. 28, 2016 | FARMINGTON, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jul. 28, 2016 | 09:06 AM | FARMINGTON, KY
A mowing accident Wednesday in Graves County claimed the life of a Farmington man.

According to the Graves County Sheriff's Office, 79-year-old Neil Waggoner was mowing Wednesday afternoon on some property on Durbin Street in Farmington when a metal fence became entangled with the blade of his zero turn lawn mower. Deputies said when Waggoner attempted to free the fence from the blade, he was struck and run over by the mower.

Waggoner's family didn't discover his body until later that night.

Waggoner was pronounced dead by the Graves County Coroner's Office.

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