Man falls into river while mowing, feels ill, Belspring VA


An 80-year-old man accidentally drove his lawn mower into a river while mowing near Depot Rd. He got out of the water but is feeling unwell. Several people are with him as emergency responders have been called to assist.
Audio|Source: Pulaski County Fire and EMS
02:56
Transcript:
00:00
71 25 depot road 7125 depot road cross a spill water drive Nell's subject went into the river on a mower they believe he's gotten out operate M. M. This is real clear. 1410. Is that from T10?R1? Chief 10, go ahead.
00:29
Do we have pretty reliable information? That's the Tyler River. Negative. The caller is in Floyd, advised us an 80-year-old male that was mowing, went in the river. She's stating he's out because he called her. However, he's feeling ill. We do have a deputy route as well. Okay. I'm going to start that way until we hear further.
00:58
Show me respond. Copy. 210 responding, 1411. They're advising at the second house on the left on GFF. Okay, thank you. Central, Chief A. Chief A.
01:25
You can show me en route. Can you give me the house number again? 7.1.25 Depot Road. He's advising at the second house on the left. One from squad cameras. Squad 10. Squad 10. Squad 10.
01:52
Squad 10, Type 10 responding. 1412, all units be advised. The mill subject is out of the water. Repeating is out of the water. Central system. Super 9. 1412. He is out of the water. They did confirm that the mower did go into the water.
02:21
He's spelling ill. There are multiple subjects with him. There's nine people. Central ACA. ACA. ACA.
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Location mentioned:
Near Depot Rd, Belspring, VA 24058
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