Shock discovery on the road: hearse loses load
Stalowa Wola (Poland) - Shock on a Polish road: In the town of Stalowa Wola, drivers discovered a woman's body on the road. A hearse had previously lost its load.
The mortician calls it a "technical problem".
On Friday evening, drivers in Stalowa Wola (south-east Poland) made a disturbing discovery. A body suddenly lay in the middle of the busy Staszica road, as first reportedby "Stalowe Miasto".
A white sheet landed on his windshield, a shocked driver told the portal. When the sheet slipped off the windshield, he saw a woman lying on the road and braked at the last moment.
Dazed with shock, the driver initially thought he had run someone over, but the truth was even more disturbing: as it later turned out, a hearse had lost its load,
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The breakdown mortician "Hades" Funerals is trying to find an explanation.
According to a spokesperson, there was allegedly a technical fault with the trunk latch. The door opened during the journey, the deceased slipped onto the road and nothing could be done.
The hearse driver is an employee "who always works with full commitment and respect for the deceased and their families. Unfortunately, despite all measures, there was a technical failure that we could not have foreseen," reads a statement provided to TVN24.
Nevertheless, the management of "Hades" Funerals wants to do everything possible to fully investigate the case. The entire fleet of vehicles is now being checked and employees are to receive training.
In the meantime, the police are investigating the initial suspicion of "desecration of a corpse" - which carries a prison sentence of up to two yearsin Poland.