Danbury man killed by lawnmower

NEWTOWN, Conn. (CTPost.com) -- Local police say a Danbury man was killed Wednesday evening after the lawnmower he was riding flipped over, crushing him.

Angel Avila, 41, was declared dead at the scene, according to a Newtown police news release issued Thursday.

"It appears that he was operating a riding mower down a steep slope and it rolled on top of him," the release said.

Avila had been mowing a lawn at a property on Mount Pleasant Road when the accident took place, sometime around 9 p.m., said Police Chief Mike Kehoe.

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