Woman dies as priest's car ploughs into churchgoers

A priest drove into a group of churchgoers after a Good Friday service in the US, killing an 89-year-old woman and wounding four other people.

Madeline Romell’s leg had to be amputated shortly after the crash in the parking lot of St Maurice’s Catholic Church in Forest Hills near Pittsburgh.

She was pronounced dead about five hours later.

Four others were hurt, but Forest Hills Mayor Ray Heller Jr said their injuries weren’t life-threatening.

He said the injuries included a broken leg and a broken arm.

Parishioner Angela Thomas tended to the wounded, including a man pinned under the car.

She said the priest told her the accelerator just went.