A WOMAN has been killed at a Pacific Fair boom gate after a horrific accident as she was leaving the Broadbeach shopping centre.

Paramedics say the 61-year-old woman suffered critical head injuries when she accidentally hit the accelerator as she put her ticket in the machine to exit through the boom gate at about 2pm.

Her head reportedly hit the ticket machine causing massive head injuries.

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Paramedics believe the woman opened her car door after the crash and rolled on to the ground. She was found by the side of her vehicle in cardiac arrest.