Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

FORT PIERCE — A man on a motorized lawnmower was arrested on a driving while license suspended charge after accusations he ran a stop sign and struck a car, an affidavit states.

Yes, he was on a lawnmower.

Fort Pierce police on Feb. 14 went to South U.S. 1 and Tumblin Kling Road after a report of a crash involving a lawnmower and a vehicle.

The driver of a Dodge Charger told police he was eastbound on Tumblin Kling Road when a man identified as David Dixon, 54, ran a stop sign on a motorized lawnmower.

He said Dixon struck his Charger before driving off on the motorized lawn maintenance implement. He said Dixon returned on a bicycle.

Dixon said he was “stranded” on the side of the road when the Charger struck his lawnmower.

Dixon told police his license is suspended and he gets around on his lawnmower and bicycle.

“It appeared Dixon was not aware that he could not use a motorized lawnmower as a mode of transportation with a suspended driver license,” an affidavit states.

Dixon, of the 4200 block of Garrison Lane in Fort Pierce, was arrested on a driving while license suspended habitual offender charge.