An Audubon County woman was injured during an accident Friday evening. The Iowa State Patrol reports 72-year old Marilyn Hocamp, of Exira, was struck and run over by a vehicle in her driveway, and was flown by Mercy Air One to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

The accident happened at around 6:30-p.m., when a 2007 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 47-year old Steven Hocamp, of Exira, was backing up in a gravel driveway toward a residence at 3025 300th Street, near Thrush Avenue. As his mother Marilyn was walking toward the vehicle to meet her son. Steven noticed his mother up by the residence, and continued to back the vehicle up, but didn’t realize his mother was getting closer.

The rear of the vehicle knocked Mrs. Hocamp down and the driver’s side rear tires drove over both of her ankles. The State Patrol was assisted in their investigation by Audubon County Sheriff’s  Deputies and Adair Fire and Rescue.