80-YEAR-OLD HIT, KILLED BY HER OWN CAR.

Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer

An 80-year-old Panorama City woman's car hit and killed her Friday morning when it rolled backward in her driveway, struck her a first time, caused her to roll down the driveway and then continued full circle and struck her again, authorities said.

Marjorie Hale was standing in her driveway in the 8400 block of Stansbury Avenue about 11:20 a.m. Friday - apparently with her back to her garage - when her 1972 gold Ford Maverick started rolling back because it was not in gear, Los Angeles Police Department authorities said.

When Hale tried to reach inside the car, she apparently became caught on the door and the front left portion of the car ran over her legs, knocked her down and sent her rolling down the driveway near the sidewalk.

A witness told investigators once Hale was knocked down, she never got up, said LAPD Lt. Don Lehman.

The car continued down the driveway's incline in a counterclockwise motion, hit a fence, struck Hale a second time and dragged her into the street, according to a witness, Lehman said.

Hale was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:31 a.m., said Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.

Apparently, Hale was at the home alone when she was killed. ``It's very unfortunate when we had the (car-related death) at the bank and now this one,'' Lehman said.

Lehman was alluding to the death of a 1-year-old boy Tuesday when 91- year-old driver Val Conrad mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake and his car plowed into a Bank of America branch in Sylmar.