The victim of a lawnmower explosion in Salem Township is speaking out for the first time, saying he's relieved after the man accused of trying to kill him was arrested.

James Sever was taken into custody in Indiana County on the Hoodlebug Trail near Homer City on Tuesday after being on the run for 58 days. Sever was wanted for allegedly trying to kill his former landlord , Dave Martin.

"I'm feeling relief," Martin told KDKA on Wednesday.

Sever is accused of placing a pipe bomb under Martin's lawnmower , and the device went off on July 20 in Salem Township.

"I turned the key, it started, I let it warm up, and when I leaned into those zero-turn levers for the mower to move forward, there was a tremendous explosion. And the mower, I think, it went a little bit airborne and stood on

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