Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 29, 2014 12:25:06 GMT -5
Greek woman feared 'buried alive' by accident
Police in Greece are investigating reports suggesting a woman awakened in a coffin after being buried, only to suffocate to death before rescuers could reach her.
People visiting a cemetery in the town of Peraia, near Thessaloniki on Thursday morning reported hearing banging sounds and muffled shouting from the woman’s grave an hour after she had been buried. They called the police who began digging in an attempt to save her. However, she was found dead when they reached the coffin.
The 49-year-old woman had been declared dead by doctors treating her for cancer at a private Thessaloniki clinic early Thursday morning.
A coroner is now expected to examine the body.
A doctor at the scene who checked the mother-of-two's body said she could not believe the woman was not dead when she was buried. "As soon as the body was exhumed, a cardiogram was conducted that confirmed the woman was dead," she told The Guardian. “Her eyes, it is true, were open but the coroner can give an explanation for that."
The woman's relatives are now considering filing a complaint against the doctors treating her for cancer, Greek media reports.
Source: Heather Saul, The Independent, September 27, 2014.