Man killed by mother's falling coffin in Indonesia

A file picture of traditional Torajan stilt houses with its distinctive arched roofs.

TORAJA, Indonesia: A man in North Toraja in South Sulawesi, died after his mother's coffin fell on him and other pallbearers here on Friday (June 15).

The deceased, Samen Kondorura, was among dozens of male relatives who were carrying the coffin to a lakkean, a traditional wooden stilt house where dead bodies are stored during a funeral ceremony.