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To: maceng2 who wrote (73648)5/23/2010 11:35:23 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Strange how when you catch fire you forget you can't swim...

Police find body of mower man

Friday, April 30, 1999 Published at 05:19 GMT 06:19 UK

Police have confirmed that the body of a man found in the River Severn is that of missing businessman John Lewis.
Mr Lewis vanished from the garden of his riverside home at Minsterworth, near Gloucester, on 12 April. Police believed at the time that he may have wandered or fallen into the Severn after his ride-on lawnmower caught fire.

After the bizarre accident police found scorched items of clothing in the garden. Officers said then that the most likely explanation for his disappearance was that he either fell or jumped into the water after catching fire.

Firefighters pulled his body out of the river at Stonebench - more than a mile upstream - on Thursday, and the 64-year-old's identity was confirmed on Friday.



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