Canadian family drives home from Florida with dead body to avoid US health care costs, reports say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Canadian family decided to keep driving when its 87-year-old patriarch died in the backseat of their car while returning home from a Florida vacation last month to avoid paying for U.S. health care, reports said.
When Fernand Drapeau’s wife and son reached the U.S.-Canada border on March 31, authorities stopped and searched the car. Inside they found Drapeau, who appeared to have died from a heart attack at least a day before arriving at the border, the Vancouver Sun reported.
FLORIDA MAN THREATENED TO DESTROY TOWN WITH ARMY OF TURTLES: POLICE
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The family cited the high cost of U.S. health care, plus the cost of shipping the body back to Quebec as the reason for not stopping at a hospital, CTV News reported.
Border officials said it was the first time that such an incident has occurred.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No charges have yet been filed in the case. Authorities are continuing to investigate.