One of the women hit by a car while waiting in an El Cajon food bank line has died.
Theresa Nasser, 74, was among about 230 people standing outside the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Madison Street on Nov. 18 when Ridhab Abed, 42, began to pull her Volkswagen Jetta out of the parking lot.
After backing out, Abed put her car in drive and somehow lost control, El Cajon police say, colliding with a parked Ford SUV. Her vehicle continued across the parking lot and slammed into three women standing next to a cement wall.
Nasser and a 33-year-old woman were pinned between the car and the wall.
Paramedics took the two women to the hospital for serious injuries to their lower bodies. A third woman, who is 60 years old, was treated at the scene, and Abed and her 62-year-old female passenger were taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
On Saturday, Nasser died from the crash, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office.
The driver has not been cited for the accident, police say, but investigators are still examining evidence and speaking to witnesses.
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Food bank volunteers told NBC 7 a person directs traffic coming in and out of their parking lot, but after the crash, they will be re-evaluating their system for next month’s distribution. The church’s food bank is opened the third Tuesday of every month.
