SALT LAKE CITY — A central Utah man serving as a senior Latter-day Saint missionary in Missouri died over the weekend after the lawn mower he was riding overturned at a historic site owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder Brent Blackburn, 68, from the Helper Utah Stake, died from injuries suffered in the crash that happened at the Adam-ondi-Ahman historic site near Gallatin, Missouri, on Saturday, church spokesman Sam Penrod, said in a statement on Monday. He said Elder Blackburn was operating a riding lawn mower on the side of a hill at the site when it overturned, causing fatal injuries.

Blackburn had been serving a mission at the site alongside his wife, Sister Carolyn Blackburn, since April, Penrod added.

"Our condolences and prayers are with Sister Blackbur

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