Photo: Courtesy Paramus Police Department
A multi-car crash caused a human corpse to fall out the back of a vehicle on Route 17 in Paramus, New Jersey on Friday, authorities said.
The corpse was being transported from the hospital to the funeral when the vehicle collided with a horse trailer, according to aFacebook postfrom the Paramus Police Department.
“During the crash which involved a horse trailer and a funeral home livery vehicle an ejection of mortal remains occurred,” the department shared.
Courtesy Paramus Police Department
Three people were hospitalized followingthe crashbut none of the injuries were serious, while the horse from the trailer “escaped uninjured,” according to the police’s Facebook post.
The horse’s handler allowed the animal to eat grass on the side of the road followingthe collision, according to theDaily Voice.
The collision occurred when a pickup truck hauling the horse trailer rear-ended a Jeep Wrangler, leading to a multi-car pileup, theDaily Voicereported.
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She added, “At that second everything happened — loud tires screeching with BOOM BOOM BOOM AND BOOM.”
Garabedian was hospitalized followingthe accidentwith a concussion and other injuries, the outlet reported.
“I was hit so hard my rear glass ended up on the hood of the Jeep,” she said. “I hit my head and nose so hard on the steering wheel I couldn’t move or get out to help anyone else.”
“It felt like a dream,” she added. “Very scary. The EMTs and paramedics were so helpful.”
source: people.com
