60-Year-Old Woman Is Choked to Death by Her Electric Car Window After Accidentally Closing It: Reports

A 60-year-old female was choked to decease by her electrical car model successful a tragic mishap successful France, according to section media reports.

The woman, identified arsenic Bernadette Delmotte, was killed successful nan incident successful Saône-et-Loire successful nan eastbound of nan state connected June 13, per France 3 and BFM TV.

Delmotte died while cleaning her car — a Fiat 500 — per France 3. According to preliminary investigations, per BFM TV, Delmotte, a resident of Bissy-sur-Fley, died aft being trapped by nan vehicle's automatically closing window.

France 3 reported that Delmotte stuck her caput done nan model to scope nan handbrake, which she had forgotten to apply, and while doing truthful she accidentally pressed nan fastener for nan automatic model and it closed connected her throat.

"It seems nan handbrake hadn't been applied," her adjacent friend Béatrice told nan outlet. "The car past began to rotation backward. To extremity it, Bernadette threw herself done nan unfastened model to extremity it from going immoderate further. But her manus moved complete nan model control, and by nan clip she straightened up, nan model stopped connected her neck."

After Delmotte grounded to show up for meal pinch her friends that evening, they called her respective times pinch nary answer. They past visited her home, wherever they recovered her assemblage stuck successful nan model of her Fiat 500, per nan outlet.

Bernadette's relative François Delmotte told nan outlet astir his disbelief astatine his sister's death. "I didn't judge it. When they called maine to show maine 1 morning, I was confused, successful denial," he said. "I didn't understand what they were saying, because they were talking astir a problem pinch nan car. So I thought it was a car accident, and small by little, I realized what had happened."

“At first, moreover nan constabulary were confused. They were asking, 'What nan hellhole happened?' I didn't understand it either,” François added.

Bernadette died of asphyxiation, according to an autopsy. Her decease was ruled arsenic accidental pinch nary foul play involved, per France 3 and BFM TV.

Bernadette's relative is not seeking compensation, but shared pinch France 3 that he did nonstop a missive to Fiat complete nan incident.

“I americium not successful nan process of claiming compensation, because that will not springiness maine backmost my sister. I simply want to commencement reasoning astir it to debar further tragedies,” he said.

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