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A 74-year-old Belleville (just outside of St. Louis in Illinois) man died Wednesday after he suffered burn injuries when his riding lawn mower rolled over and caught on fire in Shiloh.
Duane Sudholt died at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur, Mo., Shiloh Police Chief Jim Stover said Thursday.
Sudholt was mowing grass about 7:50 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Parkland Boulevard and Frank Scott Parkway. He was working on an embankment in front of an apartment building when his mower tipped over. Gasoline spilled and was ignited by the hot engine, catching both the machine and its operator on fire.
Shiloh Police Sgt. Kyle Bade on Wednesday said Sudholt apparently suffered burns over 50 percent of his body.
After the mower tipped over and caught fire, the man crawled away and ran down the street with his clothes in flames. Bade said passers-by helped put out the flames on Sudholt.
Sudholt was rushed by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Belleville where an ARCH medical evacuation helicopter was waiting on the pad to fly him to the burn unit at Mercy Hospital.