A Bronx woman who was crushed by her own Mercedes Benz SUV as she tried to stop it from rolling down a hilly street has died of her injuries, police said Friday.
Sheryl Brookes, 52, was parking her SUV on E. 234th St. near Vereo Ave. in Woodlawn Heights about 6:20 a.m. on May 26 when she stepped outside her vehicle to see if she was in a legal parking spot.
As she tried to get back into the car, it rolled down the street with the driver’s door still open, cops and witnesses said.
“She was half in and half out of the car,” said one witness, who would only identify himself as Michael. “I don’t think the engine was on. I gather she was trying to grab the brake.”
The car continued down the hill, the open door striking a city sign before rolling through the intersection to the next block, where it began veering onto the sidewalk, cops said.
Brookes managed to jump out of it when the SUV sideswiped a brick-faced apartment building, Michael, 77, recalled.
“The door really hit the wall. It really hurt her,” he said. “It slammed her. She went backwards.”
When Michael ran over, Brookes wasn’t conscious, he recalled.
“She wasn’t talking,” he said.
Brookes was crushed between her SUV and the building, suffering extensive injuries to her head and chest, cops said.
EMS rushed her to Montefiore Medical Center, where she died on June 2, a week after the accident.
Brookes lived in Fordham Heights, about four miles from where the crash occurred, cops said.
An investigation into the crash was continuing, cops said.