081619 Lawnmower crash and helecopter airlift

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A helicopter from Mercyhealth in Rockford lands on Thorton Drive in Kingston to transport a 69-year-old man after his lawnmower fell down a hill into the Kishwaukee River behind his home. The man had to be extricated from the mower that was nearly completely submerged in the water.