A woman has died after four vehicles crashed in a Waitrose car park.
The fatal collision happened at a branch of the supermarket chain in the town of Saltash, Cornwall, near Plymouth, on Thursday morning.
Police, road paramedics and air ambulance crews rushed to the upmarket grocery shop at 11.45am after a blue Volvo V4 hatchback hit three other cars.
These vehicles – a Mercedes Sprinter van and two smaller cars, a Suzuki Swift and a Ford Focus – were parked and empty at the time.
Despite the best efforts of ambulance workers, the female driver of the Volvo, 78, from Saltash, was pronounced dead at the scene on Avery Way.
It is understood, according to Plymouth Plus, the woman suffered a medical episode while reversing her car, which began to move unpredictably and hit other vehicles.
No one else is understood to have been injured.
The car park was shut while Devon and Cornwall Police officers investigated.
The force is now appealing for witnesses or anyone with footage of the crash.
They are asked to contact police online or by telephone on 101, quoting log number 238 of October 30.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘Officers are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision at a Saltash supermarket car park in which a woman died.
‘Emergency services were called at 11.45am on Thursday, October 30, following the incident at Waitrose in Avery Way.
‘A blue Volvo V40 was in collision with a Suzuki Swift, a Ford Focus, and a Mercedes Sprinter van which were parked and unattended.
‘Police, ambulance and the air ambulance attended.
‘Sadly, a 78-year-old woman from Saltash, who was the driver of the Volvo, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
‘A section of the car park was closed off while specialist roads policing officers investigated the scene.
‘They are investigating the circumstances and would like to hear from anyone who saw the incident or has relevant dashcam footage.’
A South Western Ambulance Service spokesperson has previously said: ‘We were called at 11:29 hrs on Thursday, October 29, to a medical incident in Saltash.
‘We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, two operations officers and a first responder to the scene.’
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