Mall parking lot fatality under investigation in Sherwood Park

April 18, 2025, 5:21 pm

Local law enforcement is probing a fatal incident in a Sherwood Park mall parking lot, where a woman was struck and killed when a driver, attempting to free a stalled vehicle, accelerated too sharply. The accident, occurring in a busy public area, has intensified calls for enhanced road safety measures in parking facilities as investigators work to piece together the factors leading to this tragic occurrence.

thestar.com / RCMP say woman died in mall parking lot after driver tried to dislodge vehicle

SHERWOOD PARK - A woman was fatally struck in a mall parking lot east of Edmonton after police say a driver hit the gas too hard trying to get off a median.

globalnews.ca / Woman dies from being hit by vehicle in Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

A 60-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after a vehicle caught on a median and trying to get unstuck accelerated too quickly and hit her, according to Strathcona County RCMP.

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