A mother in St. Louis, Missouri is killed shoving her daughter out of the way of an SUV outside a Walgreens store reports KTVI.
The incident occurred Monday evening just after 6pm. Firefighters say a woman in her 30’s drove an SUV up on to the sidewalk.
The victim, a mother in her mid 30’s, and her 10-year-old daughter were leaving the store when the SUV drove towards them.
The mother pushed her daughter out of the way and was struck herself. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The girl was unharmed and the driver of the SUV was treated by paramedics.
Eyewitnesses have suggested the driver may have hit the the wrong pedal by mistake, but officials have not given a statement about what happened.