Elderly driver crushed to death by own car in NYC after she thought she parked it: cops

Steven Vago
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2133 W 10th St
2133 W 10th St

An 87-year-old woman was killed Wednesday when she was mowed down by her car in a “freak accident” in Brooklyn, police said.

The elderly woman thought she parked her blue 2013 Toyota Corolla in a driveway, but left the sedan in gear just before 3 p.m. in front of a home on West 10th Street in Gravesend, according to the cops.

An 87-year-old woman was killed Wednesday when she was mowed down by her car in a “freak accident” in Brooklyn, police said. Robert Mecea
An 87-year-old woman was killed Wednesday when she was mowed down by her car in a “freak accident” in Brooklyn, police said. Robert Mecea
The elderly woman thought she parked her blue 2013 Toyota Corolla in a driveway, but left the sedan in gear just before 3 p.m. in front of a home on West 10th Street in Gravesend, according to the cops. Robert Mecea
The elderly woman thought she parked her blue 2013 Toyota Corolla in a driveway, but left the sedan in gear just before 3 p.m. in front of a home on West 10th Street in Gravesend, according to the cops. Robert Mecea

“When she walked behind the vehicle, the vehicle rolled over her,” an NYPD spokesperson said.

Police were called to the scene, where they found the injured victim with severe head and torso trauma.

EMS rushed her to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn but she could not be saved.

Cops did not release her identity Wednesday night pending family notification.