{"id":21183,"date":"2025-07-17T00:07:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=21183"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:07:55","slug":"a-91-year-old-driver-lost-control-unleashing-heartbreak-as-she-struck-a-family-leaving-grandparents-lifeless-and-a-toddler-fighting-for-survival-with-serious-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=21183","title":{"rendered":"A 91-year-old driver lost control, unleashing heartbreak as she struck a family, leaving grandparents lifeless and a toddler fighting for survival with serious injuries."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">The elderly driver was \u201cterribly shaken\u201d after the incident and taken to a local hospital for assessment, authorities said<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/zoOc4H4QpjqfyNRAFWaKw9dhSrY=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/car-accident-071225-f443c1b5800d4ae78b98e6cbffe4cafb.jpg\" alt=\"Out of Control 91-Year-Old Driver Killed 2 People and Injured a Toddler\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Two grandparents are dead, and their 2-year-old grandson is \u201cseriously\u201d injured, after a 91-year-old driver crashed into pedestrians on a suburban sidewalk, according to police and several local news outlets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Emergency workers responded to the scene on Coleman Road in Melbourne, Australia, after receiving a report that three people were struck by a vehicle at about 12:20 p.m. local time on Thursday, July 10, per a\u00a0media release\u00a0from Victoria Police.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Authorities said a 59-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a 60-year-old male, who was transported to a local hospital with \u201clife-threatening injuries,\u201d later died. A 2-year-old boy was taken to a hospital with \u201cserious injuries,\u201d the release added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A 91-year-old female driver was treated for \u201cminor injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-embed mntl-sc-block-universal-embed mntl-sc-block-embed--youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elderly driver kills pedestrian, injures two others in Melbourne crash | 7NEWS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1byLbiwxEU\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Authorities said the driver lost control of the vehicle before striking the pedestrians, and she then drove through a fence and came to rest at a park bench.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">An investigation into the incident is currently ongoing, though Victoria Police told PEOPLE that they have not\u00a0yet interviewed the elderly driver.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The victims were a married couple, and the toddler was their grandson, according to a report from the\u00a0<em>Daily Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A witness who heard the crash said that she came out of her house following the collision and saw the 60-year-old man lying on his back in her driveway.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI saw this gentleman fully clothed on his back, bleeding a little bit from his nose. And very bad, heavy breathing,\u201d she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FS8877OcNlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">News 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cAnd then later on, we discovered that the little baby had been thrown right over there,\u201d the eyewitness added, motioning to a section of grass on the side of the road. \u201cAnd he was crying. 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