Woman dies after being pinned by own car
Fri, 20 Jul, 10:30 AM
Vietnamese restaurateur Net Dang parked her car at the service station to drop her nephew off at 8.15am this morning.
Realising her car was rolling backwards, Ms Dang tried in vain to stop it, becoming pinned against a concrete pillar in the process.
She died at the scene.
The woman's daughter, believed to be about 12 or 13, was in the car at the time and witnessed the incident.
"The car has been parked on a slight incline," said Senior Constable Wally Siebold.
"It's yet to be determined but it is possible the handbrake wasn't locked in gear properly and the car has rolled back.
"The 48-year-old female has attempted to stop the vehicle and as a result she's been pinned by her own car and suffered fatal injuries."
Victoria Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Sources: Nine News, Victoria Police
Author: Nick Pearson, Approving editor: Henri Paget
Woman crushed to death at service station
A YOUNG daughter witnessed the death of her mum in a "freak
accident" after being pinned between her own car and a concrete post at a
Melbourne service station this morning.
Thi Ngoc Net Dang, 48, had parked in a customer bay on a slight
hill of the Caltex service station in Northcote at 8.10am when the car
began rolling back with her 12-year-old daughter, Tina, inside.The married mum of three, from Preston, desperately tried to stop the vehicle but was pinned against a concrete post protecting petrol bowser number five, closest to the Star Mart shop.
Her husband, Lam Diep, 41, said Ms Dang was waving off her nephew, Huu Thai Dang, 24, who was boarding a tram opposite the service station when the car began to roll back.
"She was standing by the car, with the driver's door open, making sure he got on the tram OK, looking at him across the road,'' Mr Diep said.
"She tried to stop the car from behind it, but it was too strong. It hit her very hard.
"My daughter Tina was in the car but didn't know how to do the handbrake,'' he added.
Tina immediately phoned her dad screaming at him to "come quickly'' but Ms Dang died instantly at the scene.
"She was the most caring person and always looked after everyone else,'' Mr Diep said from his family-owned business Lam Lam on High St, Northcote.
"She was a strong woman, she did so much for our family, she worked here in the restaurant, at our market stall.
"We were always together, she was always with me, now I've lost her,'' he said wiping away tears.
"I asked the police not to remove her body until we had all seen her for one last time.
"We are Buddhist and we prayed to our God for my wife.
"She was a good person. Everywhere we went she helped people, always thinking of others before herself,'' he said.
The couple had three children, Tina 12, Linda, 17 and Annie, 18.
Mr Diep came to Australia from Vietnam in 1989 with Ms Dang following in 1994.
"The car was parked up on a slight incline... It's possible that the handbrake wasn't on or not parked in gear properly and its rolled back,'' Sen-Constable Wally Siebold said at the scene this morning.
"The 48-year-old female has attempted to try and stop the vehicle and as a result she's been pinned by her own car and suffered fatal injuries,'' he said.
Sen-Constable Siebold said he would speak to the daughter early next week and would examine CCTV footage from the service station, based on the corner of High and Clarke streets.
A worker is believed to have heard loud screams but did not see the incident. Several customers using the petrol bowsers did witness the accident and spoke to police.
It is thought Ms Dang was parked in the service station in order to use the laundry shop attached next door.
"Drivers need to be aware, especially when parking on a hill, that something so simple can be so tragic,'' Sen-Constable Siebold said.
"It's a freak accident. Her natural instinct was to try and stop the car,'' he said.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
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