Brazilian man killed after cow fell through roof of home onto his bed

A Brazilian man reportedly died after a 1.5 tonne cow fell through the roof of his home and crushed him in his bed.



João Maria de Souza, 45, was asleep with his wife, Lena when the escaped horned bovine fell 8ft from the roof of their home in Caratinga, south east of Brazil. It is understood the animal escaped the local grazing ground, went downhill, broke through a fence of the victims' home and climbed onto the corrugated iron roof which then collapsed.



He was rescued by Caratinga's fire department and taken to hospital with a fractured leg, several injuries to the chest and abdomen and internal bleeding. According to his family, the victim cried out for help as he waited hours to receive treatment, and was seen to be urinating blood. He later died in his mother's arms.


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Tests showed the Mr de Souza died from an "acute haemorrhage" and "thoracoabdominal trauma". Mr de Souza's brother-in-law said: "Being crushed by a cow is the last way you expect to leave this earth. But in my view it wasn't the cow that killed our João, it was the unacceptable time he spent waiting to be examined".