Authorities say a Kentucky lawmaker was critically injured when the lawn mower he was riding plunged into an empty swimming pool at his home. State Sen.

Sen. Johnnie Turner, a Republican from Harlan, has been hospitalized following an accident involving a riding lawn mower Sunday afternoon. In a statement Monday morning, Senate President Robert Stivers,

Harlan, drove the mower into the deep end of an empty swimming pool at his home, Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs told WYMT-TV Monday.

Harlan, drove the mower into the deep end of an empty swimming pool at his home, said Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs. He said state police were called just before 8 p.m., and they responded to the scene with the local fire department and emergency medical services.