'Grave' accident at funeral

[LazyLion]

A church minister, a funeral undertaker and several pall bearers fell into a grave while carrying a coffin for burial on a farm outside Bethlehem in the Free State, Beeld reported on Tuesday.

Funeral undertaker Deon Stander confirmed to the Afrikaans daily that he had hurt his arm and kneecap when he fell into the grave, but he did not want to elaborate.

One of the mourners, who was not named, said a plank placed over the grave collapsed. Stander fell into the grave with the coffin on top of him, while the church minister and "four or five" pall bearers fell onto the coffin.

Other mourners helped them to get out.

They were burying Tiaan Prinsloo, 25, who died in December, apparently from a blood clot through the heart.


Source : Sapa /fg/aa/jje
Date : 03 Feb 2015 08:34

 

[LazyLion]

This actually happens fairly often.
I have been at two funerals where people fell into the grave.
One was my cousin who fell into my grandmother's grave.

 

[kianm]

Hectic, hope they recover quick

 

[RazedInBlack]

Holey crap!

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

This actually happens fairly often.

But usually it's willingly.

 

[Frankie_Yale]

So sad.

RIP young fellow.

Is this the same Tiaan?

http://152.111.11.6/argief/berigte/volksblad/2004/12/02/VY/20/01.html

 

[zizo911]

I go willingly into graves to help place the body in the hole. We don't use coffins just wrap the body in linen.

 

[TJ99]

A church minister, a funeral undertaker and several pall bearers

...walk into a bar.

But really, this is a gravely serious matter on the hole. No point in further digs at these chaps.

 

[Compton_effect]

Poor guy. At least he will be remembered now.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Yeah it's not uncommon.

Straps snapping and casket falling into the grave or people slipping and dropping it.

Worst though is the hearse's door not locking properly and the casket and body falling out in the road...

 

[pezulu]

Yeah it's not uncommon.

Straps snapping and casket falling into the grave or people slipping and dropping it.

Worst though is the hearse's door not locking properly and the casket and body falling out in the road...

ouch

 

[Compton_effect]

Yeah it's not uncommon.

Straps snapping and casket falling into the grave or people slipping and dropping it.

Worst though is the hearse's door not locking properly and the casket and body falling out in the road...

Nope. A casket climber is the worse. I was at one funeral where the widow couldn't handle it and tried to climb on the coffin in her grief. the guys at AVBOB are luckily experienced and quickly got her out.
And people ask why I'm going to be cremated and have a big party held instead. With Adult Jumping castles, paintball, and a Mariachi Band playing Metallica covers.

 

[LazyLion]

Nope. A casket climber is the worse. I was at one funeral where the widow couldn't handle it and tried to climb on the coffin in her grief. the guys at AVBOB are luckily experienced and quickly got her out.
And people ask why I'm going to be cremated and have a big party held instead. With Adult Jumping castles, paintball, and a Mariachi Band playing Metallica covers.

We have had some strange requests at our church.
One old uncle who used to give sweets to the kids at church, asked that his coffin be strewn with sweets and the kids be allowed to come up and take some during the funeral service.
Needless to say, that never happened.

Then we had one old lady who asked that her ashes be pumped into Helium balloons and released in front of the church on the day of her memorial service.
That never happened either.

 

[The_Ogre]

The guy died in December and only got buried now?

Damn!

 

[R13...]

Then we had one old lady who asked that her ashes be pumped into Helium balloons and released in front of the church on the day of her memorial service.
That never happened either.

This looks a reasonable and fulfilable request to me. Why was it denied?

 

[Compton_effect]

Then we had one old lady who asked that her ashes be pumped into Helium balloons and released in front of the church on the day of her memorial service.
That never happened either.

Lol. I like it. A good family friend had his ashes strewn from a plane over Suikerbos Rand - he'd grown up in the area. Myself - I've never liked the idea of a coffin - a waste of resources and space. Besides - by then the Organ Donor Team would have harvested everything and enjoyed their milk and cookies. (Also a stipulated in my will - I'm not morbid, just have a pretty good sense of humor)

 

[Galactica]

FRIENDS whose toes were quietly tapping to the rhythm of an uptempo Afrikaans song found themselves crying and laughing as a comedy of errors ended with six people in the grave on a Free State farm this weekend.
A university friend of Tiaan Prinsloo (25) told sister paper Volksblad yesterday his friend had died in December.
For the funeral on the farm Mobile near Bethlehem this weekend, his circle of friends had decided to celebrate their favourite memories of Prinsloo’s life by playing his favourite song, Naweeklyfie.
The rather contentious music video by artists Jay and Liani May shows Jay led off to the gallows and hanged as Liani rides into town to shoot off the hangman’s rope before the pair ride out of town.
As the pallbearers approached the grave at Mobile this weekend, the lively, banjo-driven lyrics “do you want to take, take, take my hand, and lay me down on the sand” echoed over the farm.
The coffin was lowered as the Afrikaans chorus line sung “doesn’t matter what you look like, the thing shakes crazy until the roof caves in”, which was about when one of the wooden planks on the edge of the grave broke and the undertaker went under, recalled the friend.
The undertaker landed on the coffin and bruised his arm.
“Then the minister fell on top of the undertaker.
“He was quickly followed by four or five of the pallbearers.”
The friend said several of the mourners turned their faces away from the tangle of legs and groans from the grave, presumably to cry, as others helped the men out.
“We stopped the song then,” said the friend.
“We will miss him lots.”
Prinsloo’s grieving father, Chris Prinsloo, did not want to speak about the incident.
Deon Stander, the undertaker, confirmed he had hurt his elbow and knee, but also did not want to expand about the incident.

http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=131235

 

[LazyLion]

comedy of errors is right....

 

[WaxLyrical]

They should put a barrier around the coffin because it seems people are dying to get in

 

[GreGorGy]

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