69-Year-Old Dog Walker Killed In Freak Accident, Final Moments Captured On Surveillance Camera

A dog walker from Bolton, England was killed in a freak accident Saturday, April 24, after he was run over by his own car while trying to stop it from running downhill. The moments of the accident were captured by a CCTV camera.

The 69-year-old man had just returned to his Kia Sportage after a walk with a pooch at a local park. The man and his son are seen approaching the vehicle.

"They came back and his son got in the front seat as the dad put his rucksack into the boot," said Lee Houghton, a neighbor whose home surveillance camera captured the tragic incident.

The car then slowly begins to roll downhill but the man gets behind the vehicle and tries to stop it.

"He just tripped and went under the car," Houghton said. "His son was screaming. He was devastated."

"It's horrible. Everyone is really cut up about it. I haven’t been able to sleep since [seeing it], It is horrific," the 54-year-old said.

First respondents rushed to the scene and found the man unresponsive. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was pronounced dead by the paramedics.

Greater Manchester Police are urging anyone with information about the accident to kindly report it to the authorities.

In a similar incident, an 18-month-old boy was killed Tuesday, April 20, after his father accidentally ran over him while reversing his pick-up truck in the driveway of a home in Barrington, Illinois.

The infant was outside their home with his mother and siblings when the father was reversing his pick-up truck. The boy ran toward the car when no one was watching. The infant was run over by a front tire.

The child, identified as Sebastian Kusnir, was rushed to a nearby hospital by his parents. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Deputies responded after hospital authorities reported about an infant being run over by a vehicle.

Upon arrival, officers learned that the infant had succumbed to his injuries. The infant’s body was sent for an autopsy and the results were being awaited.