Austin woman dies after son intentionally hits her with car.

POSTED: Friday, September 30, 2011 - 10:01am

UPDATED: Friday, September 30, 2011 - 10:02am

Austin police say a 68-year-old woman diedafter her son intentionally hit her with a car as she was being loaded into an ambulance. Cpl. Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij say police and Emergency Medical Services on Thursday evening had responded to a domestic disturbance call near a shopping center, where they found the woman with minor injuries. He says as paramedics placed the woman, who was on a stretcher, into the ambulance, a car accelerated toward them. Tantaksinanukij says, "They tried to get her out of the way, but the vehicle hit her and she died around 7:45 p.m." The Austin American-Statesman reports that no one else was injured. Police say the man hit a marked police car as he tried to drive away and was arrested nearby.
 

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