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Brazilian woman killed by husband's coffin
By Xinhua News Agency

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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A 67-year-old widow was hit in the head by her husband's coffin and died Monday morning in southern Brazil. The incident occurred in the small town of Tapes in southern Rio Grange do Sul state. According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), Marciana da Silva Barcelos was sitting in the back seat of a Toyota Hilux pickup truck, which was transporting her husband's coffin to the cemetery in nearby Alvorada town.

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