Woman Critically Injured in Freak Automobile Accident : Thousand Oaks: Moorpark resident’s own station wagon rolls over her at fast-food restaurant.

A Moorpark woman suffered massive injuries Sunday after her station wagon rolled on top of her in the parking lot of a Thousand Oaks fast-food restaurant, investigators said.

The unconscious victim, Alicia Amparo Solares, 46, was pulled free by her husband after five people lifted the vehicle off her, witnesses said.

Solares apparently was exiting the late 1980s station wagon when it began rolling backward down an incline in the parking lot of the Burger King restaurant at Hampshire and Foothill roads, according to Sgt. Jesse Howe of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.

Howe, in a written statement, said the left front wheel rolled the length of Solares’ body, coming to a stop on her chest.

Authorities investigating the accident, which occurred about 11:20 a.m., did not furnish a reason for why the car was moving, but witnesses speculated that Solares either forgot to set the parking brake or to place the vehicle in park.

Witnesses said at least three restaurant employees and two passers-by lifted the station wagon off the injured woman as her husband, Carlos Reyes, 23, also of Moorpark, dragged her to safety.

Ken Harker, the restaurant’s manager, said the volunteer rescuers reacted smoothly and quickly when Carlos Reyes ran in and called for help. Solares had driven to the restaurant to pick up Reyes, who is an employee there.

“A bunch of us ran out there and saw she was under the car,” said Harker. “We just grabbed a part of it and lifted. To tell you the truth, it didn’t seem like the car weighed very much at all but I’m sure we’ll all be sore tomorrow. It was just pure adrenaline.”

Harker said Solares was not breathing when she was pulled from under the car, but started gasping for air a few minutes later.

Solares was transported to Westlake Medical Center, where a nursing supervisor said she remained in critical condition as of 4 p.m. after emergency surgery.

Ventura County Fire Department Capt. Charles Sitton said that when his engine company arrived at the scene, Solares had already been moved from beneath the car.

The woman apparently realized the car was moving and tried to stop it from outside the vehicle, Sitton said.

“I think what happened was that she was trying to stop the car and the door knocked her down,” Sitton said.

He said that he has seen a few similar accidents during his career.

“What they try to do is stop the thing from outside and that’s where they usually get into trouble,” Sitton said. “What people should do is either get back inside the car and stop it mechanically, or get completely clear.”