(Boone, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Greene County said Friday, a woman died after being pinned under a lawnmower in a creek, Thursday afternoon. The victim was identified as 51-year-old Heather Lansman, of Rippey.

Authorities report that at around 3:30-p.m., Thursday, rescue crews responded the call about a lawnmower accident in the 2100 block of W Avenue, just south of Rippey. When first responders arrived at the scene, they found a woman pinned under a riding lawnmower in a small creek that was roughly three feet deep. The sheriff’s office said it’s believed the creek bank gave way and the mower rolled, pining the woman under water. She died at the scene.

Grand Junction Fire and Rescue and Greene County Ambulance assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.