Man in bed killed by falling cow

A MAN died when a one-and-a-half-ton COW crashed through his roof as he slept with his wife.

The beast plunged through the ceiling on Joao Maria de Souza after clambering on to the top of his home that backs on to a steep hill.

The corrugated roof immediately gave way and fell on to his side of the bed.

Mr de Souza, 45, was taken to hospital with a broken leg but died while waiting to be seen by doctors.

His mum Maira said: “I didn’t bring my son up to be killed by a falling cow.

“He nearly died when he was two and got meningitis, but I worked hard to buy medicines for him and he survived.

“And now he’s lying in his bed and gets crushed to death by a cow. There’s no justice in the world.”

Civil police in Caratinga, Brazil, have launched an inquiry into the bizarre death.

Police chief Ivan Lopes Sales said he would be hearing from Mr de Souza’s family and hopsital managers in the next 30 days.

He added that police officers were also trying to identify the owner of the cow, who could be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5012616/Man-in-bed-killed-by-falling-cow.html#ixzz2ZJb2dESF

HOLY COW!!!

This must be invented, how the hell could this happen to any person that is not Sean Bean

Can't even....

utterly shocking news

RIP

Too soon.

Unbelievable.

This is.....

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That's just terrible...but I won't lie by saying the whole thing doesn't strike me as slightly humorous in someway...

Weird thought. Did the cow survive?

@wildvine: Probably. I'd assume the guy was like a big pillow for the cow to land on.

=(

For him. Not your comment.

Hmmmmm

That's terrible.

@mysterioususername: Thought you were gonna say, "Beware the cows!"

Tis very sad though.

... DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

@samimista: I was gonna do an Earthworm Jim joke, but I thought it'd be in bad tastes.

Poor cow.

Sad.

But honestly I thought of Sean Bean death...by a cow.

I won't lie there is a bit of humor in this tragic death but that is just unimaginable... I can't even bring myself to speak my honest opinion on this unfortunate event. ( + )

Shocking

If he had just MOOOOOved over.

He died of a broken leg?

...

What is this, I don't even.

This news ruin my childhood

Ugh that's just messed up. Way the dude described as having taken care of his son at a young age, and now him being crushed by a cow of all things.....damn

I'm surprised more news sites aren't milking this.

Wow...this is terrible...and by a cow?

Damn cows.....

still,RIP

I hate when that happens

Wtf? And I thought i heard it all.

R.I.P

I always wondered where the cow landed after it jumped over the moon

So, who's willing to bet that this might end up on 1000 ways to die?

What an amoosing thread.

It really paints a bad picture of our society when my first instinct was to laugh at this. Or, maybe it just paints a bad picture of me and I'm blaming society because that makes me feel better.

Mmm... I'll stick with the first option

In all honesty though, what the mother said was pretty heartbreaking. My heart goes out to the family, and hopefully they don't hear the snicker in the background.

Now I'll be up all night having nightmares of falling cows

Man, that's a hell of a way to go out.

Why does this remind me of Monty Python ?

They shouldn't call the man's wife a cow :P

How is this even possible .-.

@god_spawn:

Silence!!!!!

We must respect the victims wishes.

I'm sure there is a there is a herd of cattle, who are mildly aware that one of their own is missing.

@laflux:

I'm sorry, what was I thinking?

We must take revenge by eating burgers today.

Have you never played Oregon Trail?

@god_spawn: Randy NOOO!!!!

How did the cow get on the roof?