Ecuador girl who was discovered alive throughout her personal wake, dies | World News

An aged Ecuadoran girl who wakened inside a coffin at her personal wake -- sparking a viral video, in fact -- has now died for actual, authorities stated Sunday.

A video posted on social media final week exhibits Bella Montoya, 76, in her open coffin respiratory closely whereas two males help her. Her son, Gilbert Barbera, stated she had been banging on the within of the casket, determined to get out as her family mourned her.

She had been erroneously declared useless on June 9.

After the ordeal on the wake, Montoya was stored within the hospital within the city of Babahoyo. She died of a stroke on Friday, the regional well being division stated.

"This time my mom actually did die," Barbera was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Universo. "My life won't be the identical."

The Well being Ministry has ordered a probe into how she was declared useless in error the primary time.

Native information studies stated Montoya suffered from a situation referred to as catalepsy, during which an individual loses sensation and consciousness and the physique turns into inflexible.