Elderly man mixes up car pedals, runs over and kills his wife in Arapiraca A woman died after being run over in her garage, after her husband confused the acceleration and brake pedals of her automatic transmission car, in Arapiraca, Agreste de Alagoas. Maria Cícera de Barros Santos, aged 65, succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene. ?Join the g1 Alagoas channel According to family members, the accident happened on Saturday night, at the residence located on Avenida Miguel Correia de Amorim, in the Baixão neighborhood. They reported that José Dória, approximately 70 years old, took the car out of the garage so someone could clean the house. When the service was finished, as usual, the elderly man went to put the car back in place, while his wife helped him, showing him which direction he should go. Maria Cícera died after being run over after her husband confused car pedals in Arapiraca, in the interior of Alagoas Reproduction/TV Asa Branca Alagoas At that moment, according to the couple's family, the elderly man confused the pedals and accelerated the vehicle, crushing his wife against the garage wall. With the impact, she fell and was hit in the head. The front of the vehicle, a white Hb20, was damaged. The body of Maria Cícera de Barros was laid to rest at home and should be buried this Monday morning (6), in the Pio XII cemetery, in the Baixa Grande neighborhood. The couple had been together for more than 20 years.