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Car runs over and kills 84-year-old who tripped in grocery store parking lot, cops say

An 84-year-old Louisiana woman tripped and fell in an Albertsons parking lot and died after police say a vehicle ran over her.
An 84-year-old Louisiana woman tripped and fell in an Albertsons parking lot and died after police say a vehicle ran over her. Google Street View Image from March 2019 | ©2023 Google

An 84-year-old woman died after she was run over in the parking lot of a Louisiana grocery store, police say.

Louise Calloway was walking in an Albertsons parking lot at about 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 18, and fell after tripping on raised concrete, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.

The driver of a Volkswagen Beetle did not see Calloway on the ground and hit her, police said.

Calloway died from her injuries, according to authorities.

Police didn’t release additional information but said the investigation is ongoing.

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This story was originally published December 19, 2023 at 6:53 AM with the headline "Car runs over and kills 84-year-old who tripped in grocery store parking lot, cops say."

Tanasia Kenney
Sun Herald
Tanasia is a service journalism reporter at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide explainers for the NC Service Journalism team. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.
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