Woman dies after falling into husband’s grave
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Published: 31 Oct, 2013 CET.
Updated: Thu 31 Oct 2013 12:19 CET
A pensioner has died after plunging into her husband's tomb in Pompeii, southern Italy.
Antonietta Testa, 75, was cleaning the tomb on Wednesday morning when the marble broke and she fell four metres to the bottom, RaiNews24 reported.
The emergency services were called and the fire brigade lifted Testa out on a stretcher. She suffered a broken femur and was awake when saved.
The pensioner, however, then went into a state of shock and later died of a heart attack in hospital, RaiNews24 said.
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Antonietta Testa, 75, was cleaning the tomb on Wednesday morning when the marble broke and she fell four metres to the bottom, RaiNews24 reported.
The emergency services were called and the fire brigade lifted Testa out on a stretcher. She suffered a broken femur and was awake when saved.
The pensioner, however, then went into a state of shock and later died of a heart attack in hospital, RaiNews24 said.
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