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Father, son fatally injured by car rolling backward in Main Line driveway

Nathan B. Kobrin, 94, and his son, Sidney Michael Kobrin, 68, died after the incident Monday morning, police said.

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File photo.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer

A 94-year-old man and his 68-year-old son were fatally injured when they were struck by an unoccupied car rolling backward in a driveway Monday morning in Bala Cynwyd, police said.

Lower Merion Township police said Nathan B. Kobrin of the 700 block of Wynnewood Road had just pulled into the driveway and exited a Toyota Camry on Penbree Terrace shortly after 9 a.m. when the Camry began to roll backward.

The Camry struck the 94-year-old man and continued rolling backward and struck his son, Sidney Michael Kobrin, on Llandrillo Road, police said. The younger Kobrin lived on the 300 block of Penbree Terrace.

Both men were transported to Lankenau Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.

The incident remains under investigation, police said.