The grandmother is believed to have mistakenly believed she was opening the toilet door before she feel out on to a road in eastern Spain before being hit by a different vehicle
A grandmother fell to her death from a motorhome moving at 60mph after she thought she was opening the toilet door.
The German woman died near Rotgla i Corbera, in Valencia county, at about 5:30am last Thursday, Spain’s Civil Guard said. The 84-year-old, who has not been named had been traveling to the coastal city of Denia, between Valencia and Alicante, while her daughter-in-law was driving.
An investigation into the death has been launched, but authorities believe it was an accident. Police said the elderly woman might have confused the main door of the motorhome as the one leading to the toilet.
Spanish news outlet Telecinco, said a truck driver saw the woman fall to her death as the door swung open and just seconds later a body rolled onto the road. Another vehicle driving past then hit the elderly woman, killing her instantly.
The daughter-in-law reportedly continued driving, but police found her at a service station about five miles away from where the accident happened. She stopped at a petrol station after she realised her mother-in-law vanished from the motorhome.
She then is said to have asked a worker for help, and told the employee that she heard a banging sound come from the back of the vehicle before she realised her mother-in-law was not there, reports MailOnline.
Telecinco added the woman’s daughter-in-law owned the vehicle and had not been charged with a crime. Investigators have also ruled out that there was a third person on board the motorhome at the time of the accident.
According to the European Commission’s Road Safety report for 2022, there were 1,815 deaths in Spain that were caused by traffic accidents. It added that of those 404 were women with the rest being reported as men. It added Spain’s fatality rate on the road is lower than the EU average. It has decreased more than the EU average over the past 20 years.
