Woman Driving Lawn Mower Killed After Tumbling Into Ravine: Official

FALLSTON, MD ? A woman died Thursday evening after the commercial lawn mower she was operating fell into a drainage ravine. She was trapped under the lawn mower and went into cardiac arrest. While neighbors who found her performed CPR, emergency workers could not save her.

The incident happened May 2 around 5:11 p.m. in the 2300 block of Willow Vale Drive. When the 911 came into the dispatch center, it was reported that the woman wasn't conscious or breathing. Fallston firefighters, Harford County emergency workers and the Maryland State Police responded to the call for help. The woman was found in a 7.5-foot deep drainage ravine but pronounced dead at 5:39 p.m., according to the fire department.

The cause of the incident remains under investigation. The woman's identity has not been released yet.