Grandmother Run Over by Own SUV Dies

» Get Patch’s daily newsletter and real-time news alerts.

A 68-year-old grandmother died Tuesday after she was run over by her own SUV in the driveway of her Warren home.

Police said the woman, who has not been identified, pulled into her driveway in the 5500 block of Streefkerk about 3:20 p.m. and got out of the 2005 Mitsubishi SUV while the transmission was in reverse.

The vehicle backed over the woman and pulled her under the wheels, pinning her, police said.

She died of head injuries at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital. Her 6-year-old granddaughter, who was in the back set of the SUV, was not injured.

Justin Stokes, one of the witnesses to the accident, told the Detroit Free Press he was talking on his phone when he saw the injured woman lying on a front yard across the street. Two children stood beside the bleeding woman. One was crying, the other was on the phone. The woman’s SUV was in the middle of the street.

“It was a bad scene,” Stokes said. “I tried to help the kids stop crying ... I tried to stay relaxed.”

Police said alcohol was not a factor in the accident.

_______

Photo via Shutterstock