By Mark Hallum
FLORAL PARK—An elderly Floral Park woman was killed Sunday when she was struck by a car backing into the driveway of her residence that was driven by her grandson, police said.
Chandrawati Lathan’s 17-year-old grandson was at the wheel of the 2004 Toyota Sequoia mini-van when the incident occurred at 83-12 267th St. around 10:32 a.m., according to the NYPD.
Police from the 105th Precinct responded to the call and found Lathan unresponsive with body trauma. EMS transported the 75-year-old to North Shore-LIJ Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
According to police, the driver remained at the scene.
NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad is leading the investigation.
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