London - (Reuters) - A Buddhist monk from Japan was killed after slipping and falling under his runaway tractor lawnmower, an inquest into his death has found.
The Reverend Seiji Handa, 50, was cutting the grass around his peace pagoda in Milton Keynes.
He got out of the tractor to inspect something but the vehicle, which was pulling a multi-bladed grass cutting machine, slipped its handbrake.
Handa, from Niigata in Japan, came to Britain in 1978, when he began building a pagoda to promote peace. He had tended the pagoda with the help of nuns ever since. His main job was to trim the 12 acres (5 hectares) of lawns around the monument.
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QUOTE (Owlscrying @ Feb 25 2008, 11:04 AM) 
London - (Reuters) - A Buddhist monk from Japan was killed after slipping and falling under his runaway tractor lawnmower, an inquest into his death has found.
The Reverend Seiji Handa, 50, was cutting the grass around his peace pagoda in Milton Keynes.
He got out of the tractor to inspect something but the vehicle, which was pulling a multi-bladed grass cutting machine, slipped its handbrake.
Handa, from Niigata in Japan, came to Britain in 1978, when he began building a pagoda to promote peace. He had tended the pagoda with the help of nuns ever since. His main job was to trim the 12 acres (5 hectares) of lawns around the monument.
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The Reverend Seiji Handa, 50, was cutting the grass around his peace pagoda in Milton Keynes.
He got out of the tractor to inspect something but the vehicle, which was pulling a multi-bladed grass cutting machine, slipped its handbrake.
Handa, from Niigata in Japan, came to Britain in 1978, when he began building a pagoda to promote peace. He had tended the pagoda with the help of nuns ever since. His main job was to trim the 12 acres (5 hectares) of lawns around the monument.
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Oh, God! What a way to go!
Maybe it was a Chinese made tractor.
OK..buddhists believe in Karma....what did he do to deserved that Karmic return? Inquirings minds want to know!
Oh that poor monk...getting cut to slivers.....usually you read they only lost a foot or a hand, but death......wow......
Am I evil for finding this funny?
wait...No... need to answer.. I know.
I am evil.
In order to be the Lawnmower Man, one must master the art or it will master you...
But seriously a horrible way to die bieng chopped up like in a Benihana Restaurant.
But seriously a horrible way to die bieng chopped up like in a Benihana Restaurant.
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