Four trucks containing as many as 60 bodies were found outside an overwhelmed Brooklyn funeral home, a law enforcement source says
The Andrew Cleckley Funeral Home home was overwhelmed and ran out of room for bodies, which were awaiting cremation, and used the trucks for storage, a second law enforcement source said Wednesday.At least one of the trucks was unrefrigerated, according to one law enforcement official. One source said the bodies were put on ice.CNN reached out to the Andrew Cleckley Funeral Home, and someone who identified himself as the owner would not comment.
Read MoreThe city has been the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak for weeks, with 17,589 confirmed and probable Covid-19 deaths, according to the city website.Authorities are waiting for tarps and equipment to move the bodies into a larger truck, two sources said.New York has freezer trucks that funeral homes can use if they are overwhelmed, and the city sent one to hold the bodies, CNN affiliate WABC reported.
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