Man taken to the hospital via Flight for Life after lawn mowing accident in Mequon

MEQUON -- Mequon police say a man had to be taken to the hospital via Flight for Life after he suffered a head injury on Wednesday, May 27th.

It happened in the 10700 block of Wauwatosa Road near the Milwaukee/Mequon border shortly before 6:00 p.m.

Officials in Mequon say the 47-year-old man was mowing the grass with a lawn tractor, which slid off an embankment and over a three-foot retaining wall.

The man was thrown from the tractor and struck his head on the pavement.

Flight for Life transported the man to Froedtert Hospital for treatment. His condition is unknown.