This woman should be in jail

This is just going to happen more and more as boomers get older:

A 69-year-old woman who accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake on Tuesday evening hit and killed an elderly man in a parking lot, Jefferson Parish officials said.

According to witnesses, the victim was sitting on the base of a light pole along the 4800 block of the Westbank Expressway when the woman's 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue pinned him.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver wasn't charged, but the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office is being consulted.

This is vehicular homicide, plain and simple. Had the perp been a 24-year old male, he would have been arrested.

Old people who don't know the difference between the gas and the brake are a danger to us all. They'll never voluntarily give up their licenses. A stronger incentive is necessary. Perhaps the threat of dying in prison might convince some of them.

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