A woman has died after suffering a medical episode while reversing a car in the Waitrose supermarket car park.
Emergency services responded to the supermarket on Avery Way in Saltash shortly before midday yesterday (Thursday 30 October).
A blue Volvo V40 collided with three parked and unattended vehicles.
Despite the best efforts from emergency services, the driver of the vehicle, a 78-year-old woman from Saltash was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police are now trying to piece together exactly what happened in the moments before the collision and are appealing for witnesses to get in touch with them.
It is understood the woman suffered a medical episode while reversing, which led to the Volvo moving through the car park and striking the other vehicles.
No one in the car park is believed to have been in those vehicles at the time, which were a Suzuki Swift, a Ford Focus and a Mercedes Sprinter van, and there are no reports of anyone else being injured.
Police shut off part of the supermarket car park for several hours so specialist collision investigators could conduct an investigation.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said:
"Officers are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision at a Saltash supermarket car park in which a woman died.
"Emergency services were called at 11.45am on Thursday 30 October following the incident at Waitrose in Avery Way.
"A blue Volvo V40 was in collision with a Suzuki Swift, a Ford Focus, and a Mercedes Sprinter van which were parked and unattended.
"Police, ambulance and the air ambulance attended.
"Sadly, a 78-year-old woman from Saltash, who was the driver of the Volvo, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
"A section of the car park was closed off while specialist roads policing officers investigated the scene.
"They are investigating the circumstances and would like to hear from anyone who saw the incident or has relevant dashcam footage.
"Please contact police online or by telephone on 101, quoting log number 238 of 30 October."
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service told Plymouth Plus:
"We were called at 11:29 hrs on Thursday 29 October to a medical incident in Saltash.
"We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, two operations officers and a first responder to the scene."
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