Posted on 07/28/2003 10:02:55 AM PDT by chance33_98
Elderly Fla. Woman Killed When Own Car Runs Over Her
POSTED: 7:36 p.m. EDT July 27, 2003 UPDATED: 7:39 p.m. EDT July 27, 2003
DAVIE, Fla. -- An 86-year-old woman was killed when she was washing her car and it ran over her, police said Sunday.
Evelynne Eliasson-Rabus, of Davie, thought she had put the car in park Saturday night as she was washing her car in her driveway, police said. But when she walked behind the car, it rolled backward and she was caught under its tires.
A couple driving past saw the trapped woman and tried to help, but they were unable to rescue her, police said.
Neighbors and relatives described Eliasson-Rabus as very independent and active, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. She is survived by two daughters and two granddaughters.
Davie is a southwest suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
I bet she was also one of those Floriduh voters who thought they'd voted for Al Gore when they cast a vote for Pat Buchanan.
Well, it is kinda suspicious how Christine, er, I mean the car, waited until the poor old lady walked behind it before it started rolling, isn't it?
Of course, it could have been this one:
...and James Brolin's life has been a terminable hell ever since.
I had an old Aerostar that I once forgot to put in park. I hopped out and locked the door behind me. It started to roll and I ran behind it and stopped it. Nobody heard me yelling, so I threw my purse behind the rear wheel to block it (after retrieving my keys). That held it so I could get it un-locked and into park. How embarrassing. I was only about 30 at the time.
This lady made an honest mistake and it cost her her life!
I was wonderin the same thing! Probaby before the car ran her over she would have said doing things like that kept her goin....
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