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Nottingham Post
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Ben Hurst

Mourners stunned as woman in coffin starts breathing at funeral

Mourners at a funeral were stunned when the woman who was in the coffin suddenly started to try to breathe again. The amazing incident happened in Ecuador when Bella Montoya, 76, was declared dead following a stroke.

After this she was placed in a coffin, and relatives and friends began to observe a wake. After five hours her family began to change her clothes before she was due to be buried, the BBC reported.

Then to their shock she suddenly started gasping for air. They immediately contacted the emergency services and Ms Montoya is back in intensive care.

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