Overview

• Bernadette Delmotte, 60, died on June 13 in Bissy-sur-Fley after her Fiat 500’s automatic window closed on her throat, according to local reports.
• Investigators say she leaned through the open window to reach the handbrake as the car began to roll and likely triggered the window control.
• An autopsy found she died of asphyxiation, and authorities classified the case as an accident with no evidence of foul play.
• Friends discovered her in the vehicle after she missed a planned dinner and did not answer calls.
• Her brother says he wrote to Fiat to draw attention to the incident without pursuing damages, and People reported it has requested comment from the manufacturer.