Video gives clue in death of woman at ATM
PORT ANGELES, Wash. - Bank surveillance video showed that a freak accident killed a 65-year-old motorist using a bank's ATM drive-through lane.
The woman died when her head was caught between her van's door and a metal post next to the ATM.
"We have absolutely no indication that it was anything other than an accident," Detective Jesse Winfield said this week.
No other vehicle or person was involved, and no one else was in the Oldsmobile van with Janice Tucker when she pulled up to the ATM outside the US Bank branch about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
"There is absolutely no evidence that anyone else had anything to do with it," Winfield said.
Video from the surveillance camera mounted in the ATM machine was viewed by police on Monday.
It showed Tucker opening the door and reaching down to pick up something that had fallen to the ground, Winfield said.
He said he wasn't sure whether it was her ATM card or a receipt.
"I'm not sure whether the van popped into gear or whether her foot was on the brake and let up, but either way the car pulled forward a little bit," Winfield said.
When it did, the door of the van hit a yellow protective bollard, or post, used to stop vehicles from running into the machine.
"That movement pushed the door against her head, which was between the door and the van," Winfield said.
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This is a condensed version of a story in the Peninsula Daily News, a media partner of KOMO News. Read the full story on the Peninsula Daily News site.
The woman died when her head was caught between her van's door and a metal post next to the ATM.
"We have absolutely no indication that it was anything other than an accident," Detective Jesse Winfield said this week.
No other vehicle or person was involved, and no one else was in the Oldsmobile van with Janice Tucker when she pulled up to the ATM outside the US Bank branch about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
"There is absolutely no evidence that anyone else had anything to do with it," Winfield said.
Video from the surveillance camera mounted in the ATM machine was viewed by police on Monday.
It showed Tucker opening the door and reaching down to pick up something that had fallen to the ground, Winfield said.
He said he wasn't sure whether it was her ATM card or a receipt.
"I'm not sure whether the van popped into gear or whether her foot was on the brake and let up, but either way the car pulled forward a little bit," Winfield said.
When it did, the door of the van hit a yellow protective bollard, or post, used to stop vehicles from running into the machine.
"That movement pushed the door against her head, which was between the door and the van," Winfield said.
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This is a condensed version of a story in the Peninsula Daily News, a media partner of KOMO News. Read the full story on the Peninsula Daily News site.