Police investigate after driver backed over a friend exiting a driveway in St. Petersburg

On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at approximately 12:30 p.m., a woman dropped off her two friends in the 5100 block of 5th Avenue North. Police say that while backing out of the driveway, the driver unknowingly struck and backed over one of the friends, an 80 year-old woman. The woman was identified as Eileen O’Shea.

O’Shea suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. She later died at the hospital.

The driver is cooperating with investigators.

The 5100 block of 5th Avenue North will be closed to traffic due to the investigation.