The woman is suing the cemetery, the city of Yonkers and the company which made the headstone for negligence and unspecified damages.
A mourner found herself in a grave situation when her parents’ headstone fell on her.
Jasmine Velazquez, 42, of the Bronx, was at Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers when the heavy slab toppled, crushing two bones in her ankle and one of her toes, according to a lawsuit. Velazquez claims the August incident left her injured and “bedridden … for a great length of time,” according to the Bronx Supreme Court papers.
She’s suing the cemetery, the city of Yonkers and the company which made the headstone for negligence and unspecified damages.“I don’t know if scared is the right word, but she’s staying away from there for now,” Rubin said.
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