An older woman who died after being trapped under a car in a Brisbane shopping centre was helping her husband park when she was struck, police say.

Paramedics were called to Brookside Shopping Centre in Brisbane's north just after 9.50am when the 85-year-old woman became trapped under the Keperra couple's Toyota Hilux Surf.

A woman is dead after being trapped under a car at a Brisbane shopping centre. Credit:Nine News Brisbane

They attempted to revive her but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brisbane Forensic Crash Unit Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant Simon Lamerton confirmed the woman was helping her 87-year-old husband park in an underground car park when he accidentally ran over her.