MIDDLETOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed when her car rolled onto her, trapping her underneath.

The Frederick News-Post reports that 78-year-old Lucy Peters Smith was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Middletown.

Frederick County sheriff’s deputies received a call about 2:20 p.m. Monday about a person under a car. Authorities say Smith was outside of her car when it rolled backward and trapped her underneath.

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