Cesspool fall kills worker: Mower crushes landscaper to death after he inadvertently clipped lid of septic system, police say.

From: Newsday (Melville, NY) | Date: June 13, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Sophia Chang

Jun. 13--A Central Islip landscaper died yesterday of his injuries

after falling into a cesspool while cutting a Deer Park lawn and being crushed by the quarter-ton mower, police said.

Around noon, Sergio Reyes, 34, was mowing the backyard of a Commack Road home while another employee from PM Landscaping of Central Islip worked on the front yard, police said.

The other landscaper, whose name was not released, went to ...

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