Driver dies after being hit by her own car, becoming the ACT's 11th road fatality for 2024

Police are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Kambah. Photo: Michelle Kroll.

In what police describe as a “complicated” case, a driver hit a pedestrian in southern Canberra and then died after she was struck by her own car.

The 75-year-old has become the ACT’s 11th road fatality for 2024, dying just days before Christmas.

An ACT Policing spokesperson said police were told that a car hit a pedestrian in a car park on Marconi Crescent in Kambah on Monday morning (23 December).

Emergency services arrived at around 10:20 am, and paramedics treated two people at the scene, including the 75-year-old female driver of the car involved in the crash.

She was taken to hospital in a critical condition but was declared deceased a short time later.

“The pedestrian received only minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment,” the police spokesperson said.

“ACT Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the complicated circumstances of this incident.”

If you saw the crash and have not spoken to police, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Quote reference number P2311471.

This incident means the 75-year-old is the 11th person to die on the ACT’s roads this year.

Joshua Stewart, 19, died in January after the allegedly stolen vehicle he was travelling in was involved in a crash on the Barton Highway. A 14-year-old boy has been charged and is before the courts, while a teenage passenger in the car died months after the crash.

Tennis Canberra coach Alicia Celaya Jauregui was killed while riding her bike on Lady Denman Drive in March.

A flipped Toyota Camry was found in the middle of Adelaide Avenue in Yarralumla on 17 April, and a 15-year-old boy was transported to hospital where he later died. Another 15-year-old has been charged with manslaughter over the crash.

A 46-year-old motorbike rider died after a crash on Brindabella Road on 21 April, another was killed in a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Sulwood and Athllon drives on 23 May and a 47-year-old died after a crash in Holt on 18 June.

Also, a 28-year-old motorcyclist died after a fall on Gungahlin Drive on 25 October, a 33-year-old died after a single-vehicle accident on Lady Denman Drive on 31 October, a 26-year-old man died after a crash on 10 November, and a 66-year-old died after crashing an e-bike on Athllon Drive on 24 November.