Philadelphia funeral turns chaotic after pallbearers fall into grave with casket
- Pallbearers carrying Benjamin Aviles' casket fell into his grave last week in Philadelphia.
- The wood platform above the burial site collapsed as they began to lay down the casket.
- The pallbearers and the casket tumbled into the grave, and family rushed to help.
- Maribelle Rodriguez said, "It was a horrible incident that happened at a bad moment"; Aviles' son suffered the worst injuries.
- The family blames Greenmount Cemetery and wants an apology and reimbursement for the interrupted ceremony.
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Ground collapses under pallbearers carrying coffin, dumping them into grave
During a funeral at Pittsburgh's Green Mountain Cemetery, pallbearers were about to set down the coffin they were carrying when the ground collapsed under them. The men fell right into the grave along with the coffin. A mourner caught the entire shocking moment on video. — Read the rest The post Ground collapses under pallbearers carrying coffin, dumping them into grave appeared first on Boing Boing.
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