The unscheduled stop came after a police
tow truck hooked the illegally parked
vehicle outside Redden's Funeral Home on
W. 14th St.
The dearly departed was soon heading for
a lot off the West Side Highway, with the
truck driver handling the last rights - and a
few lefts - on the ride through Chelsea.
Funeral director Paul DeNigris said he
nearly died after walking outside the
business Monday afternoon to find his
client no longer resting in peace.
"I was just a wreck," DeNigris told the Daily
News. "I was frantic. When something like
that happens, you go into panic mode."
The corpse was finally rescued after 90
undignified minutes in Manhattan's most
miserable locale, trapped amid scofflaws
and irate out-of-towners.
DeNigris had parked his silver 2002
Dodge in a "No Parking Anytime" zone
outside the funeral home. The body, in a
white cardboard box, was headed for
Newark Airport and a flight to Miami for
cremation.
tow truck hooked the illegally parked
vehicle outside Redden's Funeral Home on
W. 14th St.
The dearly departed was soon heading for
a lot off the West Side Highway, with the
truck driver handling the last rights - and a
few lefts - on the ride through Chelsea.
Funeral director Paul DeNigris said he
nearly died after walking outside the
business Monday afternoon to find his
client no longer resting in peace.
"I was just a wreck," DeNigris told the Daily
News. "I was frantic. When something like
that happens, you go into panic mode."
The corpse was finally rescued after 90
undignified minutes in Manhattan's most
miserable locale, trapped amid scofflaws
and irate out-of-towners.
DeNigris had parked his silver 2002
Dodge in a "No Parking Anytime" zone
outside the funeral home. The body, in a
white cardboard box, was headed for
Newark Airport and a flight to Miami for
cremation.
