A man who died in his car at a busy Australian shopping centre sat there for a week and even collected a parking ticket on his windshield before anyone realised he had passed away, reports said on Friday.
Sky News reported the 71-year-old motorist was issued with a parking ticket at the shopping centre in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs two days before his death was discovered.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that local mayor Peter Denham had apologised for the oversight by the parking officer.
“Obviously this has to be very distressing for the family and of course we give our sincere sympathies to the family,” he said. “It is simply a case of the parking officer not noticing.”
A spokesperson for Maroondah council said that there had been “an issue” surrounding a dead man found in a car park but declined to supply further details. – AFP