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Rolling car kills 94-year-old man and his son outside home, Pennsylvania cops say

A car rolled down the driveway of a Pennsylvania home, killing a 94-year-old man and his son, police say.
A car rolled down the driveway of a Pennsylvania home, killing a 94-year-old man and his son, police say. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 94-year-old man and his son are dead after a car rolled and struck them outside a Pennsylvania home, police told news outlets.

Nathan Kobrin pulled into the driveway of a home in Bala Cynwyd at about 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30, but after getting out of the Toyota Camry, the sedan started to roll backward, Lower Merion Police Department told WCAU.

Investigators say that as the Toyota rolled, it hit Kobrin, then continued into the street where it ran into his 68-year-old son, Sydney Michael Kobrin, Main Line Times & Suburban reported.

The men were taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, police told the Philadelphia Inquirer. An investigation is underway, police said.

Bala Cynwyd is a suburb of Philadelphia, roughly 5 miles northwest of the city’s downtown.

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This story was originally published October 31, 2023 at 7:45 AM with the headline "Rolling car kills 94-year-old man and his son outside home, Pennsylvania cops say."

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Mitchell Willetts
The State
Mitchell Willetts is a real-time news reporter covering the central U.S. for McClatchy. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate and outdoors enthusiast living in Texas.
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