
MIDDLE VILLAGE — Some workers at All Faiths Cemetery fell into an open grave Monday, injuring themselves on a recently lowered casket, according to a report in the New York Post.
Raimundo Rodriguez, 49, was removing the machine that lowers caskets into graves around 12:50 p.m. when he fell down 6 feet and injured his leg, the Post reported.
Three others landed on top of him, but no one was seriously hurt, according to the Post.
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