A Kentucky state senator is dead a month after he sustained injuries from a lawn mower accident. Johnnie Turner, a Republican who represented a district in eastern Kentucky, died on Tuesday evening after a "hard-fought battle,

State Sen. Johnnie Turner's accidental death has left Kentucky political leaders in grief. The 76-year-old was riding a lawn mower when he fell into an empty swimming pool on September 15.

Funeral arrangements have been set for state Sen. Johnnie Turner, of Harlan, an attorney who died Tuesday of injuries sustained last month in a lawn mower accident.