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- A woman died after her vehicle reversed into her at a car wash, the NYPD said
- The accident happened at a car wash on Eliot Avenue in Maspeth around noon on Saturday, according to police
- Police didn’t immediately provide additional details about the incident or release the woman’s name
A woman died after her vehicle reversed into her at a car wash, the NYPD said.
The 51-year-old woman was behind her vehicle at a car wash on Eliot Avenue, near Fresh Pond Road, in Maspeth, around noon on Saturday when she and her partner, a 50-year-old man, realized the car was in reverse, police said.
The man jumped into the car to stop it, but the car hit the woman, according to police. Police initially said the man accidentally reversed, but later said the car rolled backward into the woman.
The woman was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Police didn’t immediately provide additional details about the incident or release the woman’s name.
An investigation is ongoing.
