Death investigation related to car accident underway

LAUREL, Del. – Delaware State Police are conducting a death investigation related to a vehicle accident that happened Tuesday morning.

Just after 11 a.m., troopers were called to a private residence on Fire Tower Road in Laurel to investigate a death that happened as a result of a vehicle crash. On arrival, it was learned that a 77-year-old female was traveling northbound on private property before coming to a stop in front of a private dumpster. The driver then got out of her vehicle and walked to the back to grab garbage that she planned to throw into the dumpster, not realizing that her vehicle was not placed in park. The vehicle then began rolling backwards and knocked her onto the ground, where she was then run over by the left side tires.

There were no passengers inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. The victim was found by family members and was pronounced dead at the scene.