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A 69-year-old Manatee County woman died Friday afternoon from injuries sustained in a parking lot accident. Susan Roberts Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene just after 4:30 p.m. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report Murphy has just finished shopping at BJ’s Wholesale Club and was loading items into the front passenger side of her 2001 Chrysler Town and Country van when the vehicle started moving in reverse for unknown reasons. Murphy fell under the vehicle and was struck on the head and body by the front right tire.