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Police: Drunk Man Crashes Stolen Lawnmower Into School Bus

Posted: 12:23 pm EDT October 30, 2009

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Marion County man is behind bars after investigators say he got drunk and drove a stolen lawnmower into the back of a school bus.

Ron Martin, 29, was arrested Wednesday after he ran into the stopped bus.

Martin and a friend fell off the lawnmower when it hit the bus and then got mad and started banging on the doors of the bus when the children started laughing.

The lawnmower was stolen early Wednesday morning.

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