MAN KILLED BY HIS MOTHER’S COFFIN

An Indonesian man died on Friday after a coffin holding the body of his mother fell from a stilt tower and crushed him to death. Samen Kondorura, 40, was killed after the coffin fell off the funeral tower during the service for his mother on the island of Sulawesi. Pallbearers carried the coffin up a ladder to place on a lakkian, “an ornately carved tower where the deceased is placed before elaborate traditional funeral rites.” However, the staircase crumbled underneath the group’s feet and the coffin fell about 10 feet and hit Mr. Kondorura. Bystanders attempted to help, but Kondorura died on his way to the hospital.
* He was crushed when his mom died, and then he was crushed again.
* It’s not nice to hit your own son.
* “Dammit, we TOLD him to stay behind the velvet rope!”
* Hmm… “Lakkian”. You learn a new word ever day in this business.
* There is way too much metaphor in this story.
* Don’t lock up that coffin just yet, fellas. You have an extra passenger.
* And hurry up and fix that staircase!