Death by Misadventure: 210 Dumb Ways to Die (9 page)

210. Kennel Crush.
Although they had been declined a license to operate an animal
shelter, Melany Campos and her younger sister continued to care for
stray and unwanted dogs at their 2 acre farm. Campos' love
affair with animals turned tragic when the 60 year old
slightly built woman was crushed by four 40 pound bags of dog
food. Campos' sister, a doctor, unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate
Campos who had been under the bags for several hours. The local
coroner speculated that Campos suffocated under the weight. The
sister tried to make sense of the accident, "My sister knew that
she wasn't supposed to touch the bags because they were stacked so
high; but maybe she was trying to reach something . . . I am still
unsure."
Los Angeles Times, August 24,
1996

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