Man sent to morgue by mistake, (don't get injured in NC!)

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Posted on Thu, Jan. 27, 2005
Goof puts victim in morgue by mistake
Declared dead by EMTs, man breathes, then is hospitalized
Associated Press

"Green, 29, of Louisburg was in the middle of the dark intersection of U.S. 401 and N.C. 39 about 9 p.m. Monday when he was struck by a 1999 Toyota passenger car driven by Tamuel Jackson, 36, said Patty McQuillan, public information officer for the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, which oversees the state Highway Patrol.

Emergency medical technicians declared Green dead and placed him in a body bag.

At the morgue, Perdue unzipped the body bag about 11 p.m. and began his examination.

"I saw a slight, irregular breath," Perdue said. "That's when I notified (emergency medical services) to quickly come back and pick up the body."

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/local/10744732.htm