The emergency services were alerted a quarter past nine on Wednesday morning.

"There was a worker on the golf course who discovered the lawnmower in the pond but did not find the driver," said Peter Orban, chief of operations at the South Rescue Service.

The rescue service found the driver under the mower and pulled the person ashore, where life-saving measures immediately began.

"First we removed him from the mower and then we started with heart-lung rescue immediately," said Peter Orban.

Died after care for life-threatening injuries

The driver of the mower was then taken to hospital by ambulance. According to Region Skåne's press service, the man suffered life-threatening injuries.

The man later died from his injuries.

- He died late on Wednesday afternoon. Due to the family, it took a while before we could confirm that deaths had occurred. We have taken all human consideration first and foremost, says Ewa-Gun Westford, press spokesperson for the police.

The circumstances surrounding how and why the mower ended up in the water are still unclear. The police are investigating the case as causing the death of another through a workplace accident.

- This is done in order to as well as possible investigate what happened. The classification may change, says Ewa-Gun Westford.