{"id":23875,"date":"2013-07-13T19:21:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=23875"},"modified":"2013-07-13T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:21:56","slug":"man-killed-by-a-1-5tonne-cow-after-it-crashes-through-his-corrugated-iron-roof-as-he-slept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=23875","title":{"rendered":"Man killed by a 1.5tonne cow after it crashes through his corrugated iron roof as he slept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mr-de-Sousas-family-lay-him-to-rest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-23870\" alt=\"Mr de Sousa's family lay him to rest\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mr-de-Sousas-family-lay-him-to-rest.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mr-de-Sousas-family-lay-him-to-rest.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mr-de-Sousas-family-lay-him-to-rest-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mr-de-Sousas-family-lay-him-to-rest-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a>A Brazilian man died after a cow crashed through the roof of his home and landed on top of him as he lay sleeping in his bed.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Maria de Souza, 45, had been in bed with his wife Leni when the animal suddenly fell through the ceiling of their home in Caratinga, south east Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The cow is believed to have escaped from a nearby farm and climbed onto the roof of the couple&#8217;s house, which backs onto a steep hill.<\/p>\n<p>The corrugated roof immediately gave way and the one-and-a-half-tonne horned bovine fell 8ft onto Mr de Souza&#8217;s side of the bed.<br \/>\nHis wife, and the cow, both reportedly escaped unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers took Mr de Souza to hospital with a fractured left leg but no other obvious injuries, reporting that he was conscious and talking normally.<\/p>\n<p>But hours later he died from internal bleeding while still waiting to be seen by doctors, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Civil police in Caratinga, Minas Gerais state, today launched an inquiry into the bizarre death.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers were also trying to identify the owner of the cow, who could be charged with involuntary manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Brazilian man died after a cow crashed through the roof of his home and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-armenia","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}