Last week, a shocking incident occurred in the Greenmount Cemetery in Northern Philadelphia, when the palabier, carrying the coffin of Benjamin Evils, accidentally fell into the tomb, Fox News. The accident, which was caught on camera, made their way to the site slowly buried. As he attempted to place the casket on the stage above the tomb, the wooden platform gave way unexpectedly, both the palbier and the cascket were sent to the hole.
Evils’ step -daughter, Maribel Rodriguez, expressed her mistrust on the uncertain incident, saying she could hardly believe what happened during such a moment.
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The incident occurred at a funeral in Philadelphia for Benjamin Evils, which died in late March.
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“It was just a terrible incident that happened in a bad moment,” she said Fox News.
Family and friends ran to help men get out of the tomb, some of which were trapped under the weight of the coffin. Rodriguez said that Alives’s son suffered the worst injury.
“The casket was placed on top of him, and he was out like a light. His face was in the mud. They were all injured. They got hands and legs and back injuries. We were just covered in mud,” he said.
The incident has attracted attention to security concerns in the cemetery and has been shaken by a tragic and unusual accident.
Rodriguez and his family convicted the Greenmount Cemetery as to what they say that there was a situation on the Sabbath.
Rodriguez said about the wooden platform over the tomb, “The whole thing was shivering, it was like Wobbly, it was unstable, it was all wet and soaked.”
Avils were eventually placed to relax, but the family wants an forgiveness and a return.
Rodriguez said, “I think they should apologize. I think there should be some reimbursement that the ceremony was interrupted, nothing was done properly.”
There was no comment for a local news station in the funeral home and the cemetery. Meanwhile, it seems that none of the injuries of the palbier is considered serious, and all the people involved are expected to recover.