A man who witnessed a fatal accident in an east Wichita neighborhood Wednesday tells Eyewitness News he still can't believe what happened.

Police say Carol Denning was walking in the neighborhood near Central and Webb Road Wednesday afternoon when a trash truck backed over her. Denning later died from her injuries.

The witness to the accident, Brandon Carlson, says he was just down the street, near the ground working on a car when he looked over. At first, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He then ran over to where the truck hit Denning to try and help.

"I basically took her hand out of her coat pocket -- that was her left hand -- and just held her hand as my aunt was talking to her," Carlson says.

Carlson says he knew Denning, a talented musician, and tried to comfort her as they waited for an ambulance. Now, he says, he can't get the accident scene off of his mind.

"It's pretty rough," he says. "It just replays in my head a lot. I've never seen anything like that, just the tragedy it was.Running up and seeing her laying there was tough."

After the accident, Carlson says Denning was in bad shape, but she as alert.

"She was very calm. She wasn't in any pain," Carlson says.

He says the trash truck's driver got out after he saw him run into the street.

"He was standing there like, 'did I do that?'" Carlson says. "He didn't really stay that, but you could tell that he was in disbelief, shock."

While he's still coping with what he witnesses, Carlson says he's glad Denning didn't seem to be in pain.

"The grace of God was on her side to make sure she was comfortable in any way in her last moments," Carlson says.

The truck's company, Waste Management, says it is fully cooperating with the investigation.

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A woman died Wednesday afternoon after she was run over by a trash truck in east Wichita.

The accident happened around 1 p.m. at 28 Laurel, near Central and Webb.

Wichita police say the 79-year-old was walking in the road when she was hit. A family friend identifies the woman as Carol Denning.

"We found that the trash truck was backing up due to the congestion here on the road, apparently the driver did not see the female who was walking in the roadway and ran over the female," said Sgt. Kevin Tronsgard with the Wichita Police Department.

Neighbors and workers in the area witnessed the accident.

EMS arrived at the scene and rushed Denning to the hospital in critical condition where she later died.

"My understanding is that she goes for walks and she was walking south so she was facing away from the truck that was originally heading north but had to back up," said Tronsgard.

Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol will perform an accident follow-up on the scene. Investigators are also looking into if cameras on the truck were working or captured the accident.