According to Virginia State Police, 80-year-old Patrick County resident Virginia Slate died of the personal injuries she sustained on June 10 after the pickup truck she had just entered accelerated through the wall of her garage and into her swimming pool.

According to Sgt. Rob Carpentieri of the Virginia State Police, the accident occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. after Slate entered a 2003 Chevrolet S-10 pickup parked inside the residence’s two-car garage. Instead of backing out of the garage, the truck inexplicably accelerated forward, resulting in it crashing through the wall and falling into the in-ground pool.

Emergency personnel arrived at the scene and discovered the truck submerged. Slate received transport to Northern Hospital of Surry County. She died approximately an hour after the accident.