An employee at a Kansas cancer treatment center is accused of fatally hitting a 94-year-old man with her car in the facility's parking garage, then going inside to work.
Kelsi Ann Carmack, 24, is charged with failing to stop at an accident with a known death, court records showed.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as William J. Ward of Leawood, Kansas.
Carmack allegedly hit Ward at the University of Kansas Cancer Center Westwood Campus around 8 a.m. Thursday, but didn't stay at the scene, according to authorities. She reportedly continued inside to go to work and she was arrested while on duty.
The university confirmed that the crash involved one of its employees.
"We are dedicated to helping and healing patients, and so the news that this accident involved an employee is especially tragic to us on many levels," hospital spokesperson Jill Chadwick said in a news release obtained by the Kansas City Star.
Carmack's father told WDAF-TV that it was an accident.
"My daughter was going to work, she never meant to hit nobody. When I talked with her on the phone, she never knew she hit anybody," Bill Carmack told the outlet.
In a message to the victim's family, the elder Carmack added, "I am so sorry about your loss, please forgive my daughter. She did not mean to do this. She loves being a nurse."
According to WDAF-TV, though Carmack's father called her a nurse in the general sense, she's actually a certified medication aide and a certified nursing assistant.
Carmack is free on $7,500 bail from the Johson County Detention Center and is being represented by a public defender. She is due back in court on April 10.
