Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit:CEN
This is the moment the coffin of a former mayor is dropped inside the grave by bungling funeral staff and his body falls out to the screams of a large group of mourners.
The body of Moises Tacuri Garcia, mayor of the province of Tarma in the central Peruvian region of Junin, was interred during a ceremony with 3,000 people gathered to pay their respects.
However, when the coffin was being lowered into the grave, one end tumbled into the hole and the former mayor’s body fell out.
The video footage shows the moment workers lower the coffin into the hole with ropes and the pair at the far end appears to lose grip under its weight.
Mourners scream as Tacuri Garcia’s body tumbles out of the coffin.
Local media said that the funeral continued as normal after the embarrassing incident.
On 4th November, Tacuri Garcia died of a heart attack, according to local media.
He was return from the Peruvian capital Lima when he suddenly experienced chest pains and was taken to the Hospital Felix Mayorca Soto where he eventually died.
The local authorities reportedly held a two-day mourning period for the former mayor.
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