A corpse being transported to a funeral home flew out of a van after a crash in New Jersey involving five vehicles, including a horse trailer, on Friday, police said.
Three people suffered minor injuries in the pile-up and were hospitalized, according to the Paramus Police Department.
The body was on a stretcher wrapped in a sheet when it fell out of the back of a Honda Odyssey on Route 17 South near Route 4 in Paramus around 3:45 p.m., cops told The Daily Voice.
The corpse, which was being transported from a hospital, was not damaged, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told the outlet.
A pick-up truck pulling the horse trailer rear-ended a Jeep Wrangler, sparking a chain reaction, according to the report.
Five vehicles, including a horse trailer, were involved in the crash. Paramus Police Department/FaceboThe horse was uninjured, police said. It was spotted by witnesses eating grass by the side of the highway before another trailer picked it up.
