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(Update) Treynor man dies in mower accident during Council Bluffs park mowing accident

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July 31st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An employee with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has died in a mowing accident at Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs. Police say 78-year old Bruce Thomas Jensen of Treynor, a seasonal state employee, was mowing around a parking lot on the west side of the lake when the accident took place at about 2:40 p.m. The riding mower apparently got too close to an embankment that was obscured by weeds, and rolled into the lake, landing on top of Jensen, who was pinned beneath about 6-inches of water, and died at the scene. An autopsy will determine whether Jensen died of trauma from the accident, drowning, or some other reason. An investigation into the incident continues.

(Update 3-a.m. Wed., Aug. 1st)