There’s lots of things to consider unlucky. breaking mirrors, black cats and walking under ladders, but walking down the street with mowers near by has to be the strangest.
You see these monsters on the side of the road and clearing brush in your neighborhood, with kids playing near by. You don’t think much about what could come flying outta there…
Much like this poor lady…
I guess it’s time to revamp the design of these guys so no one else will get hurt or die. We just need to turn these things in to giant weed eaters…
The Daily Telegraph understands the woman was decapitated and died instantly at the scene after walking past an empty block of land just after 8am.
Police said a tractor pulling a grass cutter ran over a steel pipe that had been lying in the long grass, which was then sent flying through the air at great speed.
Initial reports suggested she had been hit by a lawnmower blade due to the horrific nature of her injuries.
Police are investigating whether it was a blade that struck her.
The male tractor driver, an unnamed 48 year-old private contractor, is in hospital suffering shock.
