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Double tragedy: Man killed by his mother’s falling coffin

The man died when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder. [Photo: Courtesy]

An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi, police said Sunday.

Samen Kondorura, 40, died Friday when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district, local police said.

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