In China, a man died at a friend's funeral while carrying a coffin.

In China, a 30-year-old doctor died at the funeral of a friend in the city of Bijie, Guizhou province in the center of the country, while helping to carry his coffin. This was reported on May 18 by the Sohu news agency.

According to eyewitnesses, the man suddenly fell to the ground while he was helping to carry his friend's coffin. The doctor's relatives clarified that he died of a heart attack, but they did not have time to help him.

The man's parents, when asked by a journalist, said they were not going to demand compensation from the relatives of their son's friend.

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