Mother-of-five crushed by falling 2,000-pound gravestone in New York
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Mother-of-five crushed by falling 2,000-pound gravestone in New York

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A New York family is suing a Staten Island cemetery after a 2,000-pound grave monument fell on an employee who was tending a nearby grave, killing her. On 28 October, according to court documents, mother-of-five Elvira Navarro, 53, was working at the Baron Hirsch Cemetery alongside her son Anthony Rosales when the gravestone came down on top of her, The New York Post reports. Now her family has sued the Baron Hirsch Cemetery Association in Manhattan court, accusing it failing to maintain safe working conditions at the historic Jewish cemetery, which was built in 1899 and is home to many Holocaust survivors. “I’m devastated to hear that news,” Rabbi Andrew Schultz, executive director of the Community Alliance for Jewish-Affiliated Cemeteries, which helps maintain Jewish cemeteries, told the Post.

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