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Update: Elderly Macon woman killed after being hit by own her car identified

An 84-year-old woman had just pulled into her driveway when she fell and was hit by her own car.

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MACON, Ga. — Bibb deputies are investigating after an elderly woman was killed by her own car Monday evening.

According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, just after 4:30 p.m., 84-year-old Joan Bennett had just pulled into her driveway.

As she was getting out of her car, she fell and her car, still running and in gear, rolled backward and ran over her.

The woman was taken to the Coliseum Northside Hospital where she later died.

If you have any information on this accident, you can call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.

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