An elderly woman is in critical condition after being run over by her husband as he smashed into three cars whilst attempting to parallel park. The woman, 84, is thought to have been helping her husband park when the car accelerated into  her, resulting in a serious head injury. She also suffered injuries to her throat and legs, as well as various broken bones, and one onlooker said the woman was 'covered in blood'. The Tesco Express where the elderly couple were going to shop when she was run over by her husband . Emergency services were called to Kirby Drive, Peacehaven, Lewes, East Sussex, just after 10am on Easter Sunday. Before the paramedic car and ambulance arrived she was comforted by a Tesco employee who held her  in her arms. She was then taken to hospital in the ambulance  accompanied by an air ambulance, which was used to give additional support. The woman was then taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, East Sussex and doctors placed her in a medically-induced coma. She remains in a critical but stable condition. Police want to speak to her once she is out of the coma. Out of control: the lampost were the car eventually stopped after causing carnage . The driver, also 84, hit three parked cars - a Lexus, a Mazda S Sport and a Vauxhall Astra - as well as a wall before the automatic Toyota Yaris came to rest by a lamp post. The driver, who was shaken but unhurt, was breathalysed by police as a precaution. No arrests have been made. One witness, Grace Palmer, 29, of Peacehaven, Lewes, East Sussex said: 'She looked quite shaken up, she was covered in blood. 'I saw the car up against the lamp post and five police cars parked outside the front of Tesco.' Another onlooker, who did not wish to be named, said: 'It looked like a bit of a nightmare.'
Elderly woman in induced medical coma after husband crashes into her .
Distressed bystander describes woman as 'covered in blood'
Couple were there to do their shopping at Tesco Express .
Tesco worker held woman in her arms whilst waiting for ambulance .
Driver  breathalysed by police as precaution but no arrest has been made .