the man , who has been named locally as 62-year-old richard clements , is believed to have been mowing grass outside his property in wattisham , suffolk , when the machine toppled down a bank into the water and trapped him that his family managed to drag him from the pond and made frantic efforts to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene .
peter mead , the secretary of stowmarket meadlands recreation club which mr clements had been chairman of for around 30 years , said they grew up together .