LAKETON TOWNSHIP, MI -- A 62-year-old woman who recently moved to the North Muskegon area was killed during a freak accident Wednesday, March 27, in which her own vehicle ran her over, police said.

Olive Maria Eldredge, who resided in the 500 block of First Street in North Muskegon, died from massive internal injuries sustained in the 6 p.m. incident that occurred in the parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1725 West Giles Road in Laketon Township, according to Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler.

Eldredge was attending a craft show at the church prior to the tragedy, Roesler said. Following the event, she went out to her 1999 Dodge Durango and started it up.

“From what witnesses described, after starting it up she then got out of the vehicle, but the car must have been in gear, in reverse,” Roesler said.

The Durango started rolling backward and the vehicle door was open, which knocked Eldredge down to the ground, Roesler said.

The vehicle then rolled over Eldredge.

“The front tire ran over the entire length of her body, including her head. The vehicle continued in a circular pattern and was coming back toward the victim who was now on the ground. A witness was able to stop the vehicle before it struck her the second time,” Roesler said, reading from the police report.

At that point, Eldredge was still conscious, he said.

She evidently lost consciousness at some point.

Fire and medical personnel administered CPR to Eldredge at the scene, but she was unable to regain consciousness, Roesler said.

The woman had just moved to the Muskegon area from Idaho, the sheriff said. She has one daughter in the immediate area, Roesler said.

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