California woman dies after being pinned by her own car against parked vehicle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - A woman died after being pinned by her own car against a parked vehicle in the Pocket area of Sacramento, police said Tuesday.

It happened just before 6:00 p.m. Pacific in a parking lot of a Bel Air grocery store along Rush River Drive.

Sacramento police said officers responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. Officers learned that the woman who died appeared to have been the person operating the vehicle prior to it pinning her.

First responders pronounced her dead at the scene. Her name will be released once the next of kin has been notified.

Two children were passengers in the woman's vehicle, but were not injured.

Sacramento police said it is still investigating what caused the crash.