'Corpse' found alive in funeral parlour

A 68-year-old man was mistakenly declared dead and refrigerated for five hours at a funeral parlour before a worker noticed he was alive, a Bordeaux hospital said today.

'Corpse' found alive in funeral parlour
Mon, 12 Aug, 2002 - 20:50

A 68-year-old man was mistakenly declared dead and refrigerated for five hours at a funeral parlour before a worker noticed he was alive, a Bordeaux hospital said today.

The man has since died.

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