By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 24, 2016

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of an elderly woman who was killed when her car rolled over her in a parking lot in Colorado Springs.

The El Paso County coroner’s office identified the woman Tuesday as 90-year-old Mary Mathis. Police say she got out of her car in a Walgreens parking lot and walked toward the back of the vehicle when it rolled backward Monday afternoon. She died at the scene.

The Gazette reports (https://goo.gl/pYiXkw ) the vehicle was still in gear when it hit Mathis. Her death was the 10th fatal crash in Colorado Springs this year.

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Information from: The Gazette, https://www.gazette.com

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