North Rhine-Westphalia: Woman ran over her own car while shopping

Rheinberg (dpa / lnw) - In a tragic traffic accident, a woman died in Rheinberg on Saturday morning while shopping. The 49-year-old had stopped at a stand on the right-hand side of the road to shop there, according to the Wesel district police authority. After she got out, her 85-year-old passenger in the vehicle noticed that the car was rolling backwards. He called the woman, who then tried to stop the car. "Here she fell and was run over by the car," says the police report. "Despite emergency medical resuscitation measures, the 49-year-old died at the scene of the accident."