An elderly woman is in critical condition after being run over by her husband as he smashed into three cars whilst attempting to parallel park . The woman , 84 , is thought to have been helping her husband park when the car accelerated into her , resulting in a serious head injury . She also suffered injuries to her throat and legs , as well as various broken bones , and one onlooker said the woman was 'covered in blood ' . The Tesco Express where the elderly couple were going to shop when she was run over by her husband . Emergency services were called to Kirby Drive , Peacehaven , Lewes , East Sussex , just after 10am on Easter Sunday . Before the paramedic car and ambulance arrived she was comforted by a Tesco employee who held her in her arms . She was then taken to hospital in the ambulance accompanied by an air ambulance , which was used to give additional support . The woman was then taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton , East Sussex and doctors placed her in a medically-induced coma . She remains in a critical but stable condition . Police want to speak to her once she is out of the coma . Out of control : the lampost were the car eventually stopped after causing carnage . The driver , also 84 , hit three parked cars - a Lexus , a Mazda S Sport and a Vauxhall Astra - as well as a wall before the automatic Toyota Yaris came to rest by a lamp post . The driver , who was shaken but unhurt , was breathalysed by police as a precaution . No arrests have been made . One witness , Grace Palmer , 29 , of Peacehaven , Lewes , East Sussex said : 'She looked quite shaken up , she was covered in blood . ' I saw the car up against the lamp post and five police cars parked outside the front of Tesco . ' Another onlooker , who did not wish to be named , said : 'It looked like a bit of a nightmare . '
Elderly woman in severe medical coma after ambulance crashes into her . Distressed bystander describes woman as ' covered in blood ' who were there to do their shopping at Tesco supermarket . the supermarket held woman in her arms whilst waiting for ambulance . Driver breathalysed by police as precaution but no arrest has been made .