What a Bizarre world we live in.A woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband's coffin against the back of her neck.
The hearse was struck from behind by an Alfa Romeo car, police said. 67-year old Marciana Silva Barcelos was in the front passenger seat of the hearse when the accident occurred Monday in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul .The woman was on the way to the cemetery to bury her husband, who had died the day before.
Barcelos died instantly.
Her 76-year-old husband Josi Silveira Coimbra died Sunday of a heart attack while dancing at a party.
The driver of hearse and Barcelos' son suffered minor injuries.
Following the accident, the driver of the Alfa Romeo was trapped for around 50 minutes in the wreckage and was taken to hospital where he was put under observation.
The driver of the hearse and a son of the dead man, who was also travelling in the hearse, were treated for minor injuries.
An investigation is now underway to determine the cause of the accident.
BBC and -AP
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