Undertaker found crushed to death by scissor lift used to move bodies from fridge

Undertaker Sally Blundell had raised concerns about working alone at the morgue, her family said. (Picture: East of England Co-op Funeral Services)

A grandmother was found crushed to death in her funeral parlour, an inquest has heard.

Undertaker Sally Blundell, 58, was found underneath a scissor lift used to move bodies from a fridge in the morgue she worked at in Swaffham, Norfolk on December 1 2023.

Ms Blundell had been working alone at the East of England Co-op Funeral Services branch when the equipment fell on her.