A corpse fell out of the back of a moving mortuary vehicle on a busy Pinetown road at the weekend.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was travelling on Josiah Gumede (Old Main) Road in Durban on Saturday morning when local car dealer, Mike Mears, said he heard a clattering sound.<\/p>\n
He was standing on the roadside chatting to a friend at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe noise caught my attention and when I looked back I saw a steel tray lying on the road. In a split second, a body came hurtling out from the back of the van on a stretcher. We realised it was a mortuary van when it reversed to fetch the corpse,\u201d Mears said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was blood splattered on the floor from the tray. It looked like a body was wrapped in a body bag and tied to the stretcher.\u201d<\/p>\n
The driver stopped after motorists started hooting to get his attention.<\/p>\n
Mears said two occupants of the van got out and hastily picked up the body and fallen items.<\/p>\n
Another bystander, Ian Neil, who stared in disbelief as the incident unfolded, said it appeared that the mortuary van\u2019s back door was broken.<\/p>\n
There was no lock, bolt or any other way to secure the door, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe van pulled off fast enough for the entire back to swing open and out came the body, including the drip tray,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Neil was unable to confirm if the body was that of an adult or child.<\/p>\n
But the drip tray made it gruesome, he said.<\/p>\n
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health said it was investigating the incident and would respond later.<\/p>\n
Source: Daily News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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