Police called to Brooklyn neighborhood after funeral home overwhelmed by coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials say.
Workers move bodies to a refrigerated truck from the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Police responded to a report of human bodies in vehicles, which they determined were connected to the nearby funeral home. The New York Police Department notified the state Department of Health, which oversees funeral homes. The coronavirus pandemic has overrun most funeral homes and morgues in New York City.
Investigators who responded to a 911 call found that the home had rented four trucks to hold about 50 corpses, according to a law enforcement official. No criminal charges were brought and the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Workers suited up in protective gear could be seen in the afternoon transferring bodies into the refrigerated truck.
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