Together again

A Brazilian woman was killed in a road accident, by her dead husband's coffin. The incident happened on the way to the man's funeral, a day after he had died from a heart attack at a dance. The hearse the woman was travelling in was hit from the rear by a fast moving Alfa Romeo and the coffin slid forward in the crash, breaking her neck and killing her instantly. The woman's son and the hearse driver suffered only minor injuries in the accident, while the driver of the Alfa Romeo also escaped serious injury
July 6, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A Brazilian woman was killed in a road accident, by her dead husband's coffin. The incident happened on the way to the man's funeral, a day after he had died from a heart attack at a dance. The hearse the woman was travelling in was hit from the rear by a fast moving Alfa Romeo and the coffin slid forward in the crash, breaking her neck and killing her instantly. The woman's son and the hearse driver suffered only minor injuries in the accident, while the driver of the Alfa Romeo also escaped serious injury.

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