82-Year-Old Woman Dies In Chesterbrook Accident: Police

CHESTERBROOK, PA – An 82-year-old Virginia woman has died as a result of injuries suffered in a May 19 crash in Tredyffrin Township that caused her to be ejected from a vehicle due to it not being properly placed in "park," Tredyffrin Township Police said Thursday.

Police said Barbara Humphreys, 82, died from her injuries at 11:10 p.m. on May 22.

According to police, Humphreys was ejected from a GMC Acadia SUV on the evening of Friday, May 19 on the 600 block of Hanover Court, in the area of Bartlett Road, in Chesterbrook. Police responded to the area at about 8:30 p.m. for a report of a motor vehicle accident, police said.

When they arrived on scene, officers found two people – one being Barbara Humphreys and the other being her husband Neil Humphreys, also 82, both of Farmville, Virginia – lying in the area, police said.

Police found a damaged white GMC Acadia SUV nearby with a debris trail leading up to it along with a damaged passenger-side door.

According to police, a witness described hearing noises from a driveway on Hanover Court and seeing a person, later identified as Neil Humphreys, outside of the SUV as its accelerated at a high rate of speed backward out of the driveway, striking one person on the driver’s side.

The vehicle continued backward in an arch with Barbara Humphreys in the front passenger seat being ejected from the vehicle before the car came to a stop a distance away, police said.

Police said they believe Barbara Humphreys was ejected from the SUV as a result of intense gravitational forces from the vehicle reversing in the arch at a high rate of speed.

Police later learned Neil Humphreys exited the SUV to inspect the undercarriage of the vehicle, believing that something was stuck underneath and that the vehicle was not completely in "park" when the accident occurred.

Neil Humphreys was treated at the scene and transported to Paoli Memorial Trauma Center for non-life threatening injuries, police said

Barbara Humphreys was treated at the scene for serious trauma to her head and also transported to Paoli Memorial Trauma Center where she later succumbed to her injuries, police said.

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