DW: Death was a material witness...
A New Zealand parking company has apologized to an Auckland woman after she got a parking ticket for staying too long in a supermarket car park, on the very day she died and was brought back to life. The 54-year-old collapsed in the car park of a New World supermarket in Orewa on July 26th. Her father, Keith Wilkinson, said staff quickly provided help and privacy screens, but it was a stranger who took control and performed chest compressions when no pulse could be found. Paramedics later told the family her heart had stopped and, momentarily, she was technically dead.
She was taken to the hospital, and her car sat in the lot for five and a half hours, well past the 90-minute limit. A few days later, she received an $80 breach notice from Smart Compliance Management. Even after the circumstances were explained, the company did not waive the fine but merely reduced it to $30, noting her vehicle had been parked for 341 minutes. Her father called the request offensive, though she paid it to avoid stress. Staff at the supermarket then stepped in, paid the $30 back, and asked that the notice be withdrawn.
Source: Stuff