Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities have apologized to the family of an elderly man who was given a parking ticket while he lay dead in his car in a suburban shopping center.

The 71-year-old man, known to be seriously ill, went missing nine days ago and his body was found in his car in a shopping mall car park in a Melbourne suburb, police said.

A parking ticket had been placed on the car the day before his body was found.

"It's just tragic. It must be just so sad for the family and we extend our sincere sympathies to them," local mayor Paul Denham told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday.

"The circumstances surrounding the location of this poor fellow must make it all the harder for the family. It is simply a case of the parking officer not noticing." :blink:

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

How do you not notice a dead guy sitting in his car? Especially when you're fixing a ticket to his windscreen :blink:

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

How do you not notice a dead man missing a leg sticking out of your windshield?
A 93-year-old driver apparently suffering from dementia fatally struck a pedestrian, then continued driving through a toll booth with the man's body on his windshield

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

WTF :blink: :huh:

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

Maybe he thought the guy was asleep or something.

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

Probably and he probably thought he was getting one over on the guy by slipping him a ticket while he was asleep.

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

But even so, you would think the cop would have knocked on the window to tell him to move along or something.

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

Further to what Trev said, the cop (or meter person) probably had a quota to fill.

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

Got reach those numbers - even if they can't pay because they're dead :yowsa:

Re: Dead man gets a parking ticket
 

I say if dead people can vote, then they can get parking tickets too.

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