Dead man's coffin kills wife
A woman died this week when her husband's coffin slammed into the back of her neck during a traffic accident in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Marciana Silva, 67, was riding in the front seat of the hearse when she was hit.
"Husband's coffin kills woman on way to cemetery" (Associated Press, thanks Joel Johnson!)
Previously on BB:
• Tombstone kills man
"Husband's coffin kills woman on way to cemetery" (Associated Press, thanks Joel Johnson!)
Previously on BB:
• Tombstone kills man
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Brazil is the country of surreal news.
Anyone remembers the priest that flew into the ocean hanging from a bunch of balloons?
I lived in Brazil for 18 months. In 2006 they let jailed convicts out to visit their mothers on mothers day on the promise to come back to prision later that day. They didn't. They broke havoc in Sao Paulo.
Also, they once convicted a person after the spirit of the murdered person declared who his/her murderer was, through a medium.
Sorry for not providing links to those old news, but some googling must take you there.
I hate it when that happens.
Wow! Talk about an ironic death!
The coffin must not have been strapped down. A coffin easily must weigh a few hundred pounds empty. Adding a body would put up to at least 3-4 hundred pounds. Someone calculate the amount of force produced when 400 pounds moving at a speed of 40 mph comes to a sudden stop.
This is the main reason why we have 4 belts to strap a patient down in an ambulance. Its not only for their safety - Ambulance drivers have been killed in head on collisions by the patient's body striking them from behind. We use a strap at the lower part of the legs, at the hip area, at the mid torso, and straps that go over the patients shoulders which connect to the hip straps. Plus the stretcher is locked into a device mounted to the floor.
Lemmy wasn't just making some kind of pun when he sang "Killed by Death."
And this is why funeral homes always ask for payment up front.
...Well, at least that shows she loved him enough not to bury him in a cheap coffin!
This was actually a relatively common method of death for funeral directors back in the day. My professor at mortuary school had a friend who died like that. (my mortuary science teacher was badass. He only had ONE LUNG due to an accident where a large case of embalming fluid was knocked over, and the bottles were all glass. (I guess they hadn't perfected plastic yet, he was an old guy) He walked in the room, passed out, and woke up with one lung.)
This is why now, hearses have 1)blocks to keep the casket from moving and 2) really strong windows between the front seat and the back. It also keeps the flowers from getting all over your nice suit.
Isn't that awfully fast for a funeral procession?
She could have used a throat lozenge to stop the coffin.
Another good argument for cremation. Death by urn is far less likely.
Wonder if she was yelling at the driver: Slow down! Slow down! I hate the way you drive! Weren't we supposed to turn there?! You're so close to the car in front of you! Watch what you're doing!
The writers of Six Feet Under couldn't have come up with a better scenario than that...
Her husband must have been the last thing going through her head at a time like that.
just like an episode from Six Feet Under