Pallbearer falls on top of coffin and causes dead woman’s body to fall out in Peru

A grave error! Pallbearer falls on top of coffin and causes dead woman’s body to fall out in front of relatives in Peru

  • Men were helping to lower coffin into a grave during a funeral in rural Peru 
  • One man slipped and plunged into the hole, landing on top of the coffin 
  • Impact split the coffin lid in half, causing the dead woman’s body to roll out 
  • Distraught relatives could be heard crying as the coffin was removed from the hole so it could be rotated and lowered back in 

Mourners in Peru were left distraught after pallbearers dropped their loved-one’s coffin during the funeral, causing the body to roll out. 

The tragic accident happened in Pampas, in rural Peru, as the pallbearers were lowering the coffin into the grave.

Video shows how one man helping to lower the coffin slipped and fell on top of it, causing the lid to split in half and an elderly woman’s body to roll out.

Mourning relatives watched in horror as pallbearers dropped a coffin containing their loved-one’s remains in Peru, causing one man to fall on top of it (left and right)

Panicked men can then be seen trying to turn the coffin over in the grave after it twisted and ended up laying on its side.

Meanwhile relatives of the dead woman can be heard crying in the background.

After being unable to rotate the coffin while it is in the ground, the men are forced to pull it out, displaying the body for everyone to see.

Local media reports that they were eventually able to put the lid back in place, and the funeral was completed without any further mistakes.

Footage of the incident emerged after it was posted on social media and shared. 

The accident caused the coffin lid to split and fall away, leaving the dead woman’s body exposed as it was hauled out of the grave

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