



MEQUON (WITI) -- An 85-year-old Milwaukee woman is dead following a tragic accident in a Sendik's parking lot in Mequon Monday, March 16th.



Mequon police say around 3:40 p.m., an 87-year-old Milwaukee man at the wheel of a vehicle struck five parked cars while driving in reverse. He then accelerated forward, striking a pedestrian and several other parked vehicles and objects.



The 85-year-old Milwaukee woman was pronounced dead at the scene.



A witness who didn't want to be identified said the 87-year-old man was driving a red van.



"I heard a lady frantically screaming. (The victim) wasn't in good condition. I think everyone had kind of assumed the lady was unconscious. I don`t think anyone wanted to be liable for touching the victim," the witness said.



One woman at the scene checked for a pulse.



"She noticed it was fading away," the witness said.



The witness says the 87-year-old man sat in his van. He eventually came out with help from a shopper, but he never went to check on the victim's condition.



"Really no emotion out of him. I'm sure he was probably just in shock," the witness said.



A worker at a nearby store came out on his lunch break to see what was going on.



"She had been lying there and it was gruesome," Steven Hirschberg said.



The Ozaukee County Accident Reconstruction Team assisted Mequon police with the reconstruction of the incident.



We're told Sendik's is cooperating with the investigation.



It is unclear whether the incident was caught on surveillance video, but there are at least four cameras in the area.



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