Germantown Woman Killed by Own Car

A Germantown woman is dead this morning after being run over by her own car in her driveway. The accident happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday on Cog Wheel Way in Germantown.

Montgomery County Police say 48-year-old Gloria Maria Vergara Mansilla was backing down her driveway, when for some reason she stopped and got out of her Mercedes SUV. Mansilla then went to the back of the car and began to open the tailgate when the SUV started to roll backwards and on top of Mansilla.

The SUV dragged Mansilla until it came to rest against a nearby fence. Police say the car was still in gear when Mansilla got out, and that she stopped on an incline portion of the driveway. Her teenage son was in the car at the time of the accident.

Mansilla was taken by ambulance to Shady Grove Hospital before being flown to Washington Hospital Center where she died of her injuries.
 

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