82-year-old man dies a day after car ran over him

Toronto-An 82-year-old man has died in hospital a day after he was run over by an SUV driven by his daughter.
The man was taken to hospital Saturday afternoon suffering internal injuries and broken bones.
He succumbed to his injuries Sunday night.
Police said the man’s daughter was picking him up from a pharmacy at a plaza at Bathurst St. and Dewlane Dr., and that he was making his way to the passenger side of the vehicle when he fell in front of it.
The daughter got out of the car to help her father, but forgot to switch the gear to park. Police say the car was on a slight downward slope. It lurched forward and rolled over the man.
Staff Sgt. Anne MacDonald said the victim’s daughter was “devastated” after the accident.
A man who works in plaza, who refused to be named, provided police with the security video.
“I just went over to one of the attending police officers, gave him my card and said ‘I have this on video.’ And he came up and ultimately I had three or four of them there watching the video. We were able to quickly make a copy and we gave it to him.”
The worker did not see the accident happen, but he and a colleague noticed ambulances on the screen and went down to see what had happened. He said the elderly man who fell had been visiting the pharmacy.
“He was walking very precariously. I had seen him outside prior to coming to my office. He was having some difficulty, with a cane and all. I think essentially he lost his balance; he didn’t slip on anything,” the worker said.
He said it appeared on the video as if the car was stopped when the woman got out to help her father up, but that since it was still in gear, “it lurched forward and ran him over.
“It was not a pleasant sight,” he said.-Star News