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Man kills wife, 84, reversing car | |
(about 10 hours later) | |
An 84-year-old woman has died after her husband backed their car into her on the driveway of their Sheffield home. | |
A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said the incident in Halifax Road, Grenoside on Tuesday afternoon appeared to be "a tragic accident". | |
The couple are thought to have been preparing for a day out when the 85-year-old man reversed the automatic Mercedes saloon on the driveway. | The couple are thought to have been preparing for a day out when the 85-year-old man reversed the automatic Mercedes saloon on the driveway. |
The car hit his wife and then crashed through a low wall, police said. | |
Police said the elderly couple were taken to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital, where the woman later died. | |
The couple have not yet been named by police as some relatives are yet to be informed. |