A man from West Virginia was killed in a New Jersey car accident after he was accidentally ran over by his own vehicle.

The accident occurred in a parking lot of a New Jersey business center around 3 p.m. when the 73-year-old man stepped out of his vehicle. Another driver then told him that his car was still moving.

He then tried to get back into the vehicle in order to put it into park and turn it off. The car door then knocked him down to the ground and the car hit him. Emergency crews pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Car accidents can happen very unexpectedly, our thoughts and condolences are with the friends and family of the victim.