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This could send the elderly into states of disease, to be honest.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement doesn’t believe the elderly woman, who has health problems, left her house willingly.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
There is strong evidence that shows the elderly woman was forcibly removed from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2026
On Thursday afternoon, the elderly driver first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing her 2023 Mercedes Benz C class into the bakery section of the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement doesn’t believe the elderly woman, who has health problems, left her house willingly.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
There is strong evidence that shows the elderly woman was forcibly removed from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2026
On Thursday afternoon, the elderly driver first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing her 2023 Mercedes Benz C class into the bakery section of the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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“The elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20elderly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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