Woman run over by her own truck while getting gas: Reports
A woman was run over and killed by her own truck on Sunday, June 15 while she was pumping gas, according to local news stations in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Police Department told local news stations that the incident happened at around 1:42 p.m. local time on Sunday. Police said that a woman driving a Ford F150 stopped at a local gas station to pump fuel.
During that process, and for unknown reasons, the empty truck began to roll backwards out of the parking space. As the truck rolled, the woman tried to reenter the truck through the passenger side, police said.
But, police said the woman could not enter, instead falling to the ground and was run over by the Ford truck, KCTV5 reported.
The woman was then pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity has not yet been released.
The Kansas City Police Department did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Wednesday, June 18.
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
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