A human corpse being transported to a funeral home has fallen out of a van after being involved in a multi-car crash in the United States.
The body was wrapped in a sheet on a stretcher when it fell out the back of a Honda Odyssey on one of the main highways in Paramus, New Jersey. The incident happened at around 3:45pm on Friday (local time), police told the American media outlet The Daily Voice.
The corpse was being transported from the hospital and was uninjured following the crash, Paramus Police Department chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told The Daily Voice.
Police said three people suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital in the crash involving five vehicles including a horse trailer on Friday (local time).
The accident was caused by a ute towing the horse trailer rear-ending a Jeep Wrangler, which sparked a chain reaction leading to the five-car crash.
Police said the horse was uninjured in the crash, with witnesses saying the handler led the horse to the side of the road to eat some grass before another trailer arrived.
"I have a habit of looking in my rearview after I brake, and I saw a trailer flying and not slowing down," Brittany Garabedian, who was driving one of the vehicles involved in the crash, told The Daily Voice.
"At that second everything happened -- loud tires screeching with BOOM BOOM BOOM AND BOOM
"I was hit so hard my rear glass ended up on the hood of the Jeep," said Garabedian, who was hospitalized with a concussion, among other injuries. "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 said. "Very scary. The EMTs and paramedics were so helpful."
