Sheriff: NE Iowa man was drunk when he ran over girl with lawn mower
June 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) — A man from the northeast Iowa town of Hawkeye faces charges, after a three-year old girl was run over by a lawn mower. The Fayette county sheriff’s department says 23-year-old Tanner Miller was determined to be intoxicated when he allegedly ran over the girl with the lawn mower around quarter-to-nine Wednesday. Miller was charged with first-offense operating while intoxicated and causing a serious injury by vehicle, a class D felony. Authorities say the three-year-old was airlifted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.