Stanford mayor killed in lawn mower accident

Stanford Mayor Scottie Ernst died Tuesday in what the county coroner called a freak mowing accident, according to The Interior Journal.

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We begin with a developing story..

People in lincoln county are shocked and saddened afer stanford mayor scottie ernst was killed in a mowing accident, according to lincoln county emergency management.

The interior journal reports the coroner is calling it a freak accident.

The report says it happened this afternoon on martin luther king boulevard.

The report says the mayor was mowing city property when the mower got on the edge of a creek bank with tall weeds...ernst got off the edge and the mower rolled over on top of him, asphyxiating him.

Funeral arrangements are pending for the lincoln county native who spent 14 years on the stanford city countil before being elected mayor in 2018.