NEW YORK (AP) - Police say an 85-year-old woman was killed and her 90-year-old husband was critically injured when they were struck by an out-of-control SUV at a car wash in Brooklyn.
It happened in Gerritsen Beach Tuesday afternoon as the couple was checking damage to their vehicle after it had been rear-ended by the SUV while leaving the car wash.
Police say a worker got into the SUV, put it into reverse and struck the building. The vehicle then accelerated forward striking the two pedestrians standing behind their car.
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The woman, identified as Joan Tornabene, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at the scene. The husband was hospitalized in critical condition.
There have been no arrests. Police are still investigating.
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