A Louisiana woman who allegedly backed over a coworker at a nursing home before returning to work “as if nothing happened” is now facing felony charges.
The Slidell Police Department said in a Facebook post that 67-year-old Lillian Sellers was arrested after being caught on camera allegedly backing her SUV over an unnamed coworker. According to police, Sellers returned to the scene to retrieve a piece of her vehicle’s bumper while the alleged victim lay on the ground, critically injured. Sellers allegedly “went to work as if nothing had happened.”
Police said paramedics responded to a call on Sunday around 11 p.m. about a woman who appeared to have fallen in the parking lot of Greenbriar Community Care Center in Slidell, which is in the northern part of the greater New Orleans area. The woman was quickly transported to the hospital, where medical personnel determined that her injuries were not the result of a fall. When they determined that the woman’s injuries were consistent with being hit by a vehicle, they called the police.
When police arrived at the nursing home early Monday morning, they were shown surveillance video by the staff. The video captured an SUV “violently” and “recklessly” backing into the alleged victim. Later in the video, a woman — later identified as Sellers — exited the SUV, picked up a broken car part, and then “went to work as if nothing happened.”
According to police, when Sellers arrived at work, she allegedly informed her coworkers that a “woman fell in the parking lot.” Nursing home employees then went out to help their injured coworker, unaware of how she allegedly “fell.”
When it was determined that Sellers had allegedly struck the woman in the parking lot, he was arrested and questioned by police. When asked for an explanation for her actions, Sellers allegedly “shrugged her shoulders and provided no explanation.” Police said several witnesses testified to Sellers’ erratic driving in the parking lot.
Police said they didn’t believe Sellers intentionally struck the injured woman. However, they accused Sellers of attempting to “cover her tracks” after allegedly hitting the woman with her car and then attempting to “remove evidence” from the scene.
Sellers was charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle, hit-and-run driving resulting in serious bodily injury, negligent injuring, and obstructing justice by altering evidence. She is currently being held at the St. Tammany Parish Jail, and her bond has not been set.
