PORT ST. LUCIE – A 78-year-old Port St. Lucie woman was killed on June 28 when the SUV she was standing next to in a residential driveway backed up and knocked her down, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports.
The woman was standing outside of the Lincoln MKX SUV, parked in the driveway at the 100 block of Southeast El Sito Court, Port St. Lucie, between the open driver’s door and the left side of the SUV, according to FHP reports.
Her 59-year-old son who was sitting in the right front seat, started the engine of the SUV by reaching over the center console with his left hand to depress the brake pedal and using his right hand to push the start button, according to FHP reports.
For reasons still being investigated, the SUV began to roll backwards in the driveway and the open driver’s door knocked the woman to the ground.
She was taken to HCA Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce where she was pronounced dead at 11:19 a.m.
FHP has not yet released the woman’s name nor the name of her son.
The investigation continues.