SUV rolls down NY driveway, kills woman gardening

[April 20, 2010]  DAVENPORT, N.Y. (AP) -- An empty SUV rolled down a driveway, crossed the road and struck an 83-year-old woman gardening in her upstate New York front yard, killing her.

State police say the freak accident happened at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Trailer Park in Davenport.

Abbie Heller was gardening in her front yard with her back to the road when she was struck by a Ford Expedition that rolled backward from a parked position.

Davenport is about 55 miles southwest of Albany near the Catskill Mountains.

[Associated Press]

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