State senator dies following freak lawn mower accident

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner, a Republican, died connected Tuesday, Senate President Robert Stivers noted successful a connection connected behalf of the Senate Majority Caucus.

"It is with dense hearts that we stock the quality of Sen. Johnnie Turner’s passing Tuesday evening, pursuing a hard-fought conflict with injuries sustained successful his caller accident," the connection reads. 

Turner, who passed distant astatine 76, was wounded past period erstwhile helium plummeted into an bare swimming excavation portion riding a tract mower, the Associated Press reported.

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Kentucky authorities Sen. Johnnie Turner (Kentucky General Assembly)

"Johnnie spent his beingness lifting others—whether done his work successful the U.S. Army, arsenic a subordinate of the State House of Representatives and State Senate, oregon successful his backstage ineligible practice. His unwavering committedness to the radical of Eastern Kentucky—his constituents, brothers and sisters successful Christ, whom helium truthful fondly referred to arsenic ‘his people’—was astatine the bosom of everything helium did," Stivers noted.

In a Facebook post, state Sen. Phillip Wheeler noted that Turner was a generous person.

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Kentucky authorities Sen. Robert Stivers (Kentucky General Assembly)

"Johnnie was fervent Christian, which was demonstrated by his large generosity. Simply put, Johnnie was 1 of the astir generous radical I person ever met," Wheeler wrote. "Rest casual beloved person and rejoice successful the beingness of the Lord. Your enactment present is done."

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell besides shared his thoughts astir Turner.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., concludes a quality league successful the U.S. Capitol aft the legislature luncheons connected Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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"I retrieve crossing paths with Johnnie to survey the harm near by the devastating floods that deed Eastern Kentucky," McConnell recalled successful a statement. "Johnnie was connected the scene, ankle-deep successful mud, his instrumentality from location successful tow, acceptable to assistance folks successful Letcher County. That’s conscionable who helium was: a bully antheral who loved the mountains and its people."