Wheelchair-lawnmower joyride ends in tragedy in La.
A fatal crash presented an unusual scene to investigators in Rayne, La., on Sunday evening.
Police Chief Carroll Stelly told CBS affiliate KLFY in Lafayette his office was notified of a collision of some kind shortly before 9 p.m. Investigators found that a truck had hit a lawnmower, and then something more. It turns out the riding lawnmower was towing someone in a wheelchair, and had another person on the hood.
As they were heading east on American Legion Drive in Rayne, a Ford F150 truck driven by a woman heading in the same direction struck them.
All three individuals not in the truck were transported to area hospitals after the crash.
The driver of the riding lawnmower was later pronounced dead. The victim was identified as 41-year-old Wilbert J. Bourque Jr.
The other two victims are in stable condition.
There is no word yet on the cause of the accident.