APOLLO BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- An elderly Florida woman who got lost on her way to the polls ran over and killed a man who tried to give her directions at a golf club.
Valerie Green, 83, apparently hit the accelerator by mistake after shifting into reverse in the parking lot at the Apollo Beach Golf Club, the St. Petersburg Times reported. She hit Earl Hamm, 80, who was changing his shoes with his golfing partner, John Browning.
Green later said it felt like the car "was driving itself." The car, still in reverse, went across the street, dragging Hamm and hitting a carport.
"If someone would have told me I'd leave the house this morning and kill someone, I would never believe it," Green said.
Hamm and his wife, Marian, lived in Flemingsburg, Ky., but had been spending winters in Sun City in Florida for several years.
The Hillsborough County, Fla., sheriff's office said the crash was still under investigation and no charges had been filed.
