Woman crushed to death by own car

NEIGHBOURS watched in horror as an elderly widow was crushed to death after her car rolled over her on Monday.

Nora Walsh, 81, had just parked her car on a sloped platform outside her home in Upper Aghada, Whitegate, near Midleton in Co Cork, at about 10.40pm on Monday when the accident occurred. She had stepped out of the car and was walking behind it when it appears to have rolled back off the two-feet high slope, crushing her beneath it.

Neighbours saw the accident unfold and rushed to help. They found Ms Walsh lying under the car. She had suffered severe injuries.