A 58-year-old Santa Ana man has been killed after a car struck him while he was operating a riding lawnmower, according to a news report.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said that Jose Lopez was traveling south on Avenida Sevilla near El Toro Road in Laguna Woods when a car rear-ended his motorized lawnmower. Lopez was thrown from the lawnmower and taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators said they believe Lopez was maneuvering his lawnmower around a parked vehicle when he was hit by a car driven by an 86-year-old man. The car driver stayed at the scene and no arrests or citations have been reported yet.
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