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Man hit, killed on lawnmower while going to check mailbox, police say

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NEWTON, NC (WBTV) -

A Newton man was killed on his lawnmower Tuesday when he was hit by a car while riding to his mailbox.

The incident was reported around 6 p.m. on the 2400 block of NC Highway 10 West, according to a news release from the Newton Police Department.

Officers arrived on scene to discover that a vehicle had hit a man on a riding lawnmower.

The driver of the car, 65-year-old Betty Witten Cash, was treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries, according to the release.

The man on the lawn mower, identified Wednesday as 67-year-old Charles Albert Warren, was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The highway was closed for several hours while investigators cleared the scene. 

The investigation is ongoing.

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