Woman Seriously Injured After Being Run Over by Rolling Car Near Springfield

By Joe Rios
mshp

What We Know: A woman from Springfield is seriously hurt after trying to stop a car that started rolling out of a driveway.

What It Means: The Highway Patrol says it happened around 8:30 Thursday morning on Barrington Avenue, about a mile and a half west of Springfield.

Troopers say a Toyota Prius started rolling from the driveway. The 40-year-old woman got behind the car to try to stop it, but was run over.

She was taken to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries.

(Logo provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol)